Comments | bridget9ca: I hate teamwork

bridget9ca

I hate teamwork

Sep 21, 2008 03:26

The Friday before last we had a picnic in Stanley Park to celebrate the firm's 30th anniversary. We got to leave at 1pm (but only if we attended --- we couldn't go home instead -- if we didn't go, we'd have to stay at work until 5pm).

Anyway, the food was good (catered) with salad, barbequed chicken, veggie-burgers, lemonade, iced tea, etc. but ( Read more... )

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joecloudheart September 21 2008, 21:50:52 UTC

This entire entry could be a Mike Judge film.

You should send him a spec script!

bridget9ca September 21 2008, 23:44:13 UTC

LOL! That man is a genius.

joecloudheart September 23 2008, 00:28:27 UTC

What I don't understand is why they would waste a day outdoors with crap like that. You can still make a point and have way more fun doing it. The exercises that you describe just sound ridiculous and soul sucking ( ... )

joecloudheart September 23 2008, 00:30:01 UTC

And you could put inspirational messages on each item about teamwork and helping the company blah blah blah, but not shove it down everyone's throats.

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datura_inoxia September 24 2008, 17:03:28 UTC

I feel your pain: given the choice I would have stayed at work until 5:00.

A little story: two student council leaders were told to run fund-raising events. The first went all out: she bought all different kinds of food (vegan, vegetarian, Indian, Italian, etc.), and she played many different kinds of music (contemporary, world music, country, rap, etc), and she organized many, many group activities to encourage everyone to get to know one another. The other student bought some hamburgers and hot dogs and left everyone to their own devices.

The second student's party was very popular and ended up turning profit for the council. The first student's had a poor turn-out, and went terribly over-budget.

Lesson to be learned? People don't like to be told what to do: they don't like artificiality, and they don't like to be pandered to. It's infantilizing.

As a bonus, this story can also be used as an analogy for politics, which also explains why I will never vote NDP.

bridget9ca September 27 2008, 18:16:48 UTC

[Lesson to be learned? People don't like to be told what to do: they don't like artificiality, and they don't like to be pandered to. It's infantilizing.]

So true! EG: I feel that way about church groups -- I can't stand being patronized by any kind of 'leader' and being referred to as a sheep or a flock.

Well, I'll stay at work next time.