First and foremost (for me) is honesty and communication and respect between all levels. The company I work for recently reogranized. It was more like an extremely hostile takeover of one department over another. I was in the losing department. I've had to let my subordinates go (some laid off, others moved out of my group) and my boss was moved to a lower position (non supervisory) in order to keep his job and I also was moved into a position that allows no judgement or decision making. Everyone in my department now report to people who don't know as much as we do! And before it all happened we were lied to and yes we saw it coming, but there was nothing we could do to stop it. As with any internal 'merger' the winning department management is now forcing out those who did the work because they don't want 'bad attitudes' or resentment. I'm now reporting to someone who doesn't have the experience that I have and I'm not allowed to make a decision that could save the company and the clients money. I've got my ass covered in a way, but it doesn't matter because the new management refuses to even acknowledge my work. Their attitude is that if we were smart we would have worked for them and not the other department so any good must have come from their department. It sickens me. Yes I'm looking for a new job now and I hate that. At least my salary hasn't changed (they know better than that because there would be a law-suit) OK rants over - sorry to derail---but my choice for most important is honesty, communication, and respect.
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