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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

969.0. "FINANCIAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS" by SONATA::FITZGERALD () Wed Nov 08 1989 16:52

    In looking at the winners of Fiancial Excellence Awards, does anyone
    have the impression that people are being given the award for "doing
    their job" rather than doing something innovative.
    
    An example is the Cost Cutting Task Force in Q3. Certain individuals
    were releived of their existing duties for 3 months to perform the
    work. It was their NEW job...they had no other responsibilities. These
    individuals utilized a lot of people in finance who were not assigned
    to the project to complete the work. Those who were drafted had to work
    with the task force as well as perform their routine jobs. There was an
    Excellence award given to the person pulled assigned to the task force.
    The award was given "for doing his job." Not one of the draftees
    received an award for doing something beyond their regular jobs.
    
    Somehow, I don't think this was how the award was suppose to work.
    
    Regards

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
969.1	politics is the name of the game	WMOIS::FULTI		`Wed Nov 08 1989 20:31`	16
	IMO, these "awards" are more political then anything else, I grant you that alot are probably deserved, but I believe that at least as many are politically motivated. What I mean is a manager says "I can use two slots so I'll send two of my people each time as a general bennie, or better yet me and one of my people". As an example how can a sales admin group send people to the sales excellence awards every year? How many bucks did they bring in? Which brings up another question if a sales admin group can send people why not customer admin or DIS or .. well you get my drift. I have a hard time personally, understanding the rational behind all these awards, but I will admit that for those people out there selling its most likely justifiable, but an admin group? - George
969.2	watch out behind you!	ZPOSWS::HWCHOY	DU:IT here I come!	`Wed Nov 08 1989 21:49`	7
	�motivated. What I mean is a manager says "I can use two slots so I'll send �two of my people each time as a general bennie, or better yet me and one of my �people". Hey you there! Don't hit the nail on the head like that!
969.3	Yes politics, but you have a choice.	NEWVAX::MZARUDZKI	Freeze up. Bigger hole in ozone	`Thu Nov 09 1989 08:02`	13
	I was an award winner last fiscal year for DIS. What was hard to swallow was that we were not allowed to take our spouses or SOs to the presentation. Alot of my coworkers were not amused at this and made their feelings known. The management I believe agreed that this was not the right thing to do , but nothing could be done about it. Our protests fell on ears that could not change the way it would be undertaken. So what happened was excellence award winners staging thier own form of protest any way they could. You figure it out, play the game, or find something else. It is a shame politics gets involved. Or should I have said sham. -Mike Z.
969.4		MSCSSE::LENNARD		`Thu Nov 09 1989 16:46`	6
	IMNSHO i'd like to see all the d---ed "excellence" awards done away with. I only have direct experience with one, DECATHLON. The cheating, political positioning, swapping and general undercurrent of decadence that I personally observed was disgusting.
969.5		CHR27::MIKKELSON	Go ahead: shake my Cray.	`Wed Nov 29 1989 16:55`	8
	> The cheating, political positioning, swapping and general undercurrent > of decadence that I personally observed was disgusting. Sounds like my experience working for the U.S. Postal Service. - David