I just can't resist this...my company went to the dogs years ago!

http://singingtreelabradoodles.com

Is this still the same company as when you came to work here?

In name only. After the merger our managers were kicked out and replaced by their managers. Not that our managers were worth saving, but the new managers have no experience in our industry so they are making bad decisions left and right.

What types of people are getting promoted?

1. Must come from the company that took over.

2. Must be very good at office politics.

3. Experience and competency are negatives.

What skills and traits does the company value?

1. Office politics.

2. Denial of the real world.

What personality types are favored?

Sociopaths.

Does your company seek unique personality traits for each position?

I suppose, if you consider sociopaths unique.

Should they?

Certain jobs need unique personality traits. For example, introverts rarely make good salesmen. But seeking unique personalities just for the sake of having unique personalities is silly. Experience and competency are more important.

Do you look for a Human Resource Manager that is assertive?

No, my experience is that assertive HR people are hindrances. They want to insert their fantasy expectations into real world situations, and those two are at odds.

A Manufacturing Manager with great oratory skills...?

Most managers think that they are accomplished speakers. The staff that has to listen to them doesn't usually agree. It's great if one can deliver a message, but unless that message has practical content it is just noise.

Notice the connection between job responsibilities and personalities. Is there a connection?

Sometimes. Being greedy and sociopathic tends to get you promoted into upper management. Usually responsibility has nothing to do with it - our managers can always transfer their mistakes onto others.

What does it say?

We're milking the company for whatever we can get away with, and we only care if we get caught or if we don't get everything we're after.

What happens at the end of the day?

The workers stay to catch up on additional assigned work, although they're not paid for doing it. (Job security threats are a great tool.) Meanwhile the managers are already on the 12^th green.