May 22, 2006
Reynolds on the Idiocy
. . . of managers who restrict access to the web, making any quick research question a long, involved process that entails getting permission to enter ordinary URLs on your browser.
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There's more to managing, he suggests, than simply making sure your employees look busy. Well. One would think. Of course, there are some extraordinarily poor managers out there.
I know my page views go up during the week, and simply assume that my posts go particularly well with a cup of coffee and a cheese Danish—or whatever people are having on their mid-morning breaks these days.
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You know where I work, AG, and our 'puter policy is so gawd-awful...most people don't even HAVE internet access and those that do have to watch their p's & q's because NO internet access is to be un-business related.
Sheesh, one attorney on his lunch hour was browsing eBay (not bidding) when he gets a phone call from the IT department...very nasty...telling him to get off that website RIGHT NOW...
Our IT nazis have blocked Yahoo and other sites... "too non-business"
Too many Peter principle managers who just are too cowardly and/or incompetent to manage.
Posted by: Darleen at May 23, 2006 05:48 PM (rvX7J)
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My feeling is that if there's enough time to micro-manage what sites people are visiting (or set up systems to limit their access), the managers/IT guys themselves just don't have enough to do.
When I first started managing people I called up my brother, who'd been at it for quite some time at that point. "Manage by example," he told me.
It's some of the best advice I've ever received. I do that, and I treat people like human beings.
Posted by: Attila Girl at May 23, 2006 10:21 PM (4IuF2)
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