Reply to: Stop moaning...

[vetran]

This is good policy.

Nothing i dislike more than slacking free loaders (both contractors and perm).

Because it is normally me who has to pick up that slack, and at the last minute as well.

I have had this conversation a few times with bad managers "but all my staff are rubbish" my normal reply is "what is the common denominator?" or "why do they not perform for YOU?".

Someone hired them and kept on paying them, decent managers either inspire employees or move them on.

[Fraidycat]

One insider told The Telegraph: “They shifted a load of people into the 'five' bracket, and then moved them out of the business. That’s why now people are at a pretty low ebb.” ”

This is good policy.

Nothing i dislike more than slacking free loaders (both contractors and perm).

Because it is normally me who has to pick up that slack, and at the last minute as well.

[vetran]

To be fair very few of his audience were single parents on minimum wage who were then let go because their restaurant/Pub/hotel etc have been closed since March last year. Or intensive care / care home workers wearing masks for 16 hour days on a pittance.

We are very lucky, we have been in high paid work at home, probably with savings, not at significant risk from Covid since the start.

That I agree with.

The drafting people into the to be moved on group has been going on for years in all the big companies, I worked with refugees from IBM & HP who had been made redundant in their late 50s and frequently they were excellent.

Best thing the good ones can do is leave and join compassionate smaller consultancies hollowing out the skill in big consultancies until their customers realise there is no expertise to pay for in the large consultancies.

Working until 10pm was standard in places like Arthurs 30 years ago, I would pop in to fix an issue after some other customer or do an out of hours upgrade and bump into 20 somethings still working away in the smoking room.

[AtW]

He won’t stop moaning about that for the rest of his life, but he will do it privately...

[SueEllen]

Bye bye.

Shut the door on your way out.

KPMG boss Bill Michael quits after '''stop moaning''' row - BBC News

The UK chairman of KPMG has resigned following a row over comments he made at a meeting on Monday.

Bill Michael had told consultants to "stop moaning" about the impact of the pandemic and lockdown on people's lives, and to stop "playing the victim card".

Announcing his resignation, Mr Michael said his position was "untenable".

He added that he was "truly sorry that my words have caused hurt amongst my colleagues".

Mr Michael had temporarily stepped aside after KPMG launched an independent investigation into the comments.

He said on Friday: "I love the firm and I am truly sorry that my words have caused hurt amongst my colleagues and for the impact the events of this week have had on them.

"In light of that, I regard my position as untenable and so I have decided to leave the firm."

[AtW]

“ Concerns over pay and bonuses were among the issues allegedly raised by staff at the meeting. There is understood to be widespread disgruntlement at the firm about the ranking of staff on a “forced distribution curve”, with the best performers given a score of “one” and the worst given a “five”, sources said.

Senior management at the firm decided last year to force teams to give a minimum proportion of their staff the lowest ranking, after which they were put on a performance management plan - usually the first step on the path to leaving the firm. The plan was approved by Mr Michael, a source said.

One insider told The Telegraph: “They shifted a load of people into the 'five' bracket, and then moved them out of the business. That’s why now people are at a pretty low ebb.” ”

Staff turn on KPMG boss after 'covert' job cuts plan and boardroom rows

I guess “give me five!” isn’t popular there...

btw reminds me leaked KPMG hymn

[AtW]

Don't be silly. He's Tom the Cat, 13 The Green, CREWE, CW14 8IQ,

FTFY

[NotAllThere]

Yeah, good thing you've posted this opinion anonymous Internet forum, Mr Roy Johnson of 13 The Green, CREWE, CW14 8IQ...

Don't be silly. He's Mrs Ray Johnson, 13 The Green, CREWE, CW14 8IQ,

[Paralytic]

Yeah, good thing you've posted this opinion anonymous Internet forum, Mr Roy Johnson of 13 The Green, CREWE, CW14 8IQ...

Pop in for a coffee next time you're passing.

[AtW]

Apart from the boss of KPMG needing to get a better internet connection, and for some reason thinking that unconscious bias does not exist, I can't see what the fuss is about.

I joked earlier about those that complained being snowflakes - now I think i was right.

Yeah, good thing you've posted this opinion anonymous Internet forum, Mr Roy Johnson of 13 The Green, CREWE, CW14 8IQ...

[Paralytic]

Video of KPMG boss telling well-paid staff they are 'lucky' | Daily Mail Online

Apart from the boss of KPMG needing to get a better internet connection, and for some reason thinking that unconscious bias does not exist, I can't see what the fuss is about.

I joked earlier about those that complained being snowflakes - now I think i was right.

[AtW]

Video of KPMG boss telling well-paid staff they are 'lucky' | Daily Mail Online

[BrilloPad]

It’s like a divorce...

What would you know about that?

[OwlHoot]

Sounds like he had a fair point - bunch of snowflakes the lot of them!

WHS - He was just too honest for his own good, in today's febrile moral climate.

The lesson which other bosses learn from this when sacking moaning, recalcitrant employees is "Never complain, never explain".

[AtW]

God knows what it's like if you don't have one but do have the other.

It’s like a divorce...