It can be so frustrating when there are so many people in the mix when it comes to getting certain things done. It seems like there's a bunch of people who believe they've got all the answers about how things should run, but honestly, they're not that great at it. Instead, they're getting in the way of making good decisions. They need to go.
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This is true in PMT as well! I work for AM and until 2 weeks ago, was reporting to a R&D director who reports to the CTO. Now after some restructuring, there are 2 other levels between me and the R&D director. My role is the same, just now reporting now. Yay, me?!
People voting in PAC copying others votes because they did not understand the topic used to get me, so many fakers!
I feel your pain, I worked across PSS, PPE and HGAS it was like a daily clown show with the biggest clowns of the circus appearing in PAC, gormless and hopeless.
The constant cycle of new leaders tell you all you need to know, people promoted way beyond their competence levels and when they inevitably failed it was musical chairs to another group. Good ideas were dismissed and bad ideas pushed, I gave up putting any effort into my work because I always knew the outcome. Eventually I could not stand it any longer and bailed.
As an engineering manager my major bugbear was the the PAC took an inordinate amount of time to make decisions on projects (go/nogo). The number of projects that were taken to a point of viability, and than cancelled due to unclear commercial outlook never ceased to amaze me. I would estimate that At least half of the NPI resource was wasted because lack of clarity on projects. I worked on a project that was started and stopped three times over a duration of 5 years. The frustration this caused within the R&D team was enormous.
@4htm+1oM4ZvHp There is no budget to spend, ours gets insanely slashed every year. We literally can not operate properly anymore, morale has been decimated.
this is sadly a natural progression of all bureaucratic organizations... local , federal, etc...
If you you don't spend your budget / feather your nest you're existence is questioned.
I knew a few AME folks in Aero a few years ago that handed out their Manager cards only find they had no direct reports. They saw the ridiculousness of it all and got the f out with me... we stay in touch with the old team and actively recruit the best of them...
I report to not one, but two “bosses” - neither really has a handle on things either.
You’re right. They hire way too much management.
If you have time to smoke 3 to 4 hours a day, you obviously don’t need these positions. Eliminate supervisors because the group leaders are doing everything anyway. Also if you’re walking around taking pictures of stairways and people lifting boxes. Posting them on the wall. Safety issues. Then this is definitely an unnecessary job too.
They create these unnecessary jobs. So their friends can have jobs in management roles, I walk around the building all day, taking pictures on unsafe conditions. They had to create a bogus job for you. So their buddies could be in management, pretty soon he’ll create a job. In order to see if the floors were waxed correctly.
They hired all these so-called technicians. $40 bucks an hour. With no schooling required, just hang out with your buddies. You should see these characters at work.
Honeywell will definitely be in trouble in the near future. When this happens. Remember, no school or qualifications needed.
@znl+1oM4ZvHp I think there are lots of those already.
Never enough. I want to be CDO. Chief Donut Officer
My boy is to simply close any location which doesn’t have a factory floor. Engineering only sites? Gone. Move them back to the factory. Corporate HQ? Waste. Software only site? Waste.. move to a factory or make everyone remote. IT sites? Boat anchors on the rest of the company.. OMG IT .. you people are incompetent.