Staying quiet when someone stole my credit cost me a promotion and I regret it every day.
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@OP Sad. Back in the day IBM had 2 amazing employee pgms that were ENCOURAGED to be used and were awesome. Of course Gerstner burned them. 1. SPEAK UP Pgm. Just like it states; you could SPEAK UP at any time TO ANYONE IF YOU HAD AN ISSUE etc at IBM. Course this was before PCs and internet etc but in virtually every hallway at IBM on the wall was a bunch of forms and envelopes and you just grabbed one and filled it out and put it in internal mail. ALL WERE REPLIED TO. 2. OPEN DOOR POLICY. Similar and complements SPEAK UP, you could reequest a mtg with anyone at anytime up to and including the CEO if you had a real beef and getting nowhere. ZERO RETALIATION for either pgm. Seems so bizarre compared to IBM today but they were amazing and IBM morale was 10,000% better than today because: you had pgms to use with confidence and you knew no retaliation and all were RSVP'd to. This was up to 4-1-93 when Gerstner came in and he was pompous and arrogant and did not want employees speaking their minds. Hop on the Lou train and keep your head down and mouth shut. SMH.
That stinks!
Bob says your welcome.