Why do so many people ask questions regarding mandates? I do not get it.
mandate 1 : track your time using this widget.
idjits : there is an entry for scratching but there’s no entry for back scratching, what do i do??????
Then the same people complain about how hard it is to execute the mandate. The more answers they get the more rules that have to be followed. Just do whatever in the F to meet the goal, doesn’t matter if it meets the mandates intent. You did what was asked.
So OP, were you one of Carrie T's team that blindly followed her unethical instructions to create fake customer accounts to meet her illegal mandates?
If things don't make sense, you have to ask!
Someone said scratching? This (safe to click - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4HJ-xvmSyo) show peak scratching from the late 1980s. So whatchya sayin'. BTW, that is exactly how I dance to this day at WF Christmas parties and team outings.
@aq+1jqcs7c03 is absolutely correct. We question when the management decisions and actions don't make sense. Nobody wants to blindly follow their idiocy and get sc--wed.
I usually just do the bare minimum with "madates", if I do anything at all. In almost all cases it is tied to some foolish managers flavor of the week fire drill. The number of wild goose chases I've avoided over the years by simply ignoring or feigning action has moat assuredly saved my mental health.
Lots of reasons in Tech: constantly changing processes, inconsistent enforcement during time-sensitive critical updates, and poor communication or design. This is why you need a solid methodology and a proper SDLC. At Wells Fargo, though, there’s a pervasive culture of management bullying. My theory is that this behavior took root before and during the account scandal, when managers learned to strong-arm clients into opening unnecessary accounts. Once that scheme was exposed and shut down, they turned their tactics inward, micromanaging employees instead.
Then came Agile. The managers didn’t want to engage in the process themselves, so they hired a whole new layer of mid-level managers to act as scrum masters. Now, with the push for "productivity," upper management has armed this horde of middle managers with the tools to cut workers loose. Most of the scrum masters are gone, and the remaining employees—those who haven’t been offshored—are left to bear the brunt. Technical debt keeps piling up, no matter what SOD policy they throw at it. This bank is sinking in its own tar pit, destined to fossilize with the dinosaurs.
Employees ask questions because the policies that come down often conflict with the last policy, if not multiple policies. Take for example the latest SOD policy changes that appear to have made it near impossible for some teams to close out tasks they were working on.
It's madness. They want efficiency, cut head count, then mandate that work that must be handled by multiple people after they whittled the staff down to 1 employee. The people making policies are completely out of touch with how things actually work, and it shows. Questions arise from confusion, and this executive management team EXCELS at confusion.
Lots of reasons in Tech:
Constantly changing processes and enforcement during time sensitive critical updates / poorly communicated / designed / etc.