Thread regarding Follett layoffs

Unfortunately, Follett does not value quality employees.

Goals are collaboratively set? That's what you've got? At one point, that may have been true. At one point "each and every employee" was true too. There is no collaboration. This is a dictatorship!Finally, there is the suddenly stupid phenomena. Over the past two years management was unclear about objectives for the reasons of writing up an employee for failing to achieve the ill defined goal, or for failing to take the initiative to clarify an objective. This strategy is well documented. It was designed to slough off higher priced, expensive staff.

Goals are defined for the employee. Employee has no say.

@37672: I'm with 37831. What company are you working for? I've never been asked to collaborate about the goals - they've always been "cascaded" down. Goals are a joke at most companies I've worked at, but they're really in the toilet here.

What crap. I was told my goals and objectives, there was no collaboration. Total joke

Goals and objectives are set collaboratively with management and the employee. Goals cannot be achieved without employee buy in.

You are addressing management, right? You're failing to consider or address negative feedback from management, if you're addressing front line employees. Who is buying the labor? Management. Who sets the terms for employment? Management. Who sets goals and objectives? Management. Front line employees who brought their A games to work everyday for many, many years were abused until management could fire them or until they quit. So, unless you're addressing management, you ought to continue ghost writing for Zig Zeigler or whatever it is you do.

Beliefs are just that, which require no commitment. Behavior is an action creates results. There are many people who have certain beliefs but their behavior (actions) are not consistent or they take no action. Behavior is what makes employees and companies great, not beliefs. Leadership communicates one thing (a belief) while their behavior represents something different. Engagement and employee satisfaction are most important, yet layoff, stop communicating, misrepresenting bonus gates, stop inviting certain divisions to town hall meetings etc demonstrate the exact opposite.

Certain atmospheres cause certain behaviors. Don't worry, it's apparent very few practice a belief system worth bragging about.

Absolutely, she stayed not only true to herself but loyal to others. She took the hits and many. She choose to be truthful, a good employee, a great manager, and a good human being. Those were not considered to be qualities at Follett the want in an employee.

37133....huh???? If your beliefs are sound they cannot help but to make you a better person AND employee. And to stay true to yourself means to stay true to your beliefs.

Stay true to yourself like Kate did!

Gosh, that's such a scary statement. This person needs an editor. For sure. 37133...what you said is completely circular logic. not better because of your beliefs...stay true to yourself...

um, I just tasted a little vomit in my mouth...I'm so sick of fools.