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How do you boost morale at work? I'm in an interesting situation. I'm contracted to another company. I do their support calls, break/fix, printer repair, migrate users from old mail system to new and config new systems. All in all there are 8 support personel and one manager. I'm pretty good friends with all of them. We hang out after work, and during work it doesn't really feel like a "work" environment. Everyone is pretty laid back. We have varying shifts some work from 7-4 others work from 7:30-4:30. Well the manager has be complaining that we are coming in late and calls are getting to be out of hand. Most of the others do phone support. They need to be in at their designated times to answer teh phones. So I came up with this plan we'd all get our calls knocked down and we'd all start coming into work on time. If we did this for a month straight we'd have a 2 hour lunch and watch a movie and the manager would buy us all pizza. Everyone seemed to agree that it was a good idea. (besides the fact that you shouldn't have to be rewarded to get to work on time) Anyways it's 3 weeks into our first month and people still come in late. Granted I do also (3 or 4 mins late, but late is late), but they are coming in 20 or 30 mins late. Calls are down but we're only 3/4 of the way to our goal. I called another meeting and brought this to everyone attention. Nobody really seems to care. So I guess what I'm asking is there anything I can do to help boost the moral of the employees. I dunno. I try and try but nothing seems to work.

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Threaten to get all of their asses fired!!

Sounds like you have a very similar job to mine!

"You bring the ass, I bring the whoopin'!"Edited by Conehead on 03/19/03 01:13 PM.

Reply to Conehead

The manager that is above us really isn't in any position to do anything. I mean she can make threats, but she's done it in the past and they've just gone over her head. So she doesn't know what to do. I tried to help and then they still don't care. So i dunno.

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Reply to Yahiko81

Maybe you can ask her to hold back payments of the ones comming to late.
Or make some kind of agreement that everyone who comes to late have to pay $5... you can later use that money for fun things at work.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on :eek:

Reply to svol

She actually tried that. One of her employees didn't even come in at all (they are salaried, not hourly like me) and she didn't pay her for that day. Well she threw a fit and took it up higher and got her money and the manager got a nasty note from the higher up. This companay is seriously screwed up.

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Reply to Yahiko81

In a situation like this, do you know what you do??
You don't show up for work, and complain when you don't get your money!!!
It seems to work for everybody else doesn't it??!!
It's not the most glamorous way of doing things...but you won't worry as much!

Oh, and tell your bosses to screw themselves for me will ya?! thanks!

"You bring the ass, I bring the whoopin'!"

Reply to Conehead

I can't do that. She's a really cool boss. Kinda crappy when it comes to laying down the law, but over all she's pretty cool. HOw many bosses do you know that will go out with you and get drunk and then puke in your appartment 3 times. I dunno. Maybe if she was more of a boss and less of a friend things around the office would suit her better.

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Reply to Yahiko81

come here... we have sex

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Reply to scamtrOn

yeah... a nice person, but really not strict enough, sounds like you are doing her dicipline work...

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See, that's the problem. Everyone see's her not as a boss, but as a colleague. Someone that they can screw around with. She's too close to the workforce. There does need to be that certain distance between management and staff.

That's often the problem when people get promoted up. Think they can still be one of the guys, but really it hinders their decision making and ability to manage effectively. However unpleasant it is, you have to step back and create that distance.

I got promoted up, and struggled to get to grips with the role for ages. But I got into it, but learned that you have to sacrifice certain elements of office friendship to do so. Don't get me wrong, you can still laugh and joke, but you have to draw the line.

My guys have rules they have to follow and to be fair, I'm pretty lax with them. I beleive that they're adults and treat them as such. I don't have to to clock watch to remind them, I just let them know what I expect at the beginning of the rota change (2 team in office, swap round every 3 months. Support, then kit installation). However, When i come down, I come down hard. It reminds them that I am in charge. However, on th flip side, I back them 100% in situations, even if they are wrong. Way I figure it, I'm unit manager, so bollockings come to me, and me alone. I don't want other people having goes at my team (And I've had a very viscious slanging match with one manager who laid into my team). I'm the only one who will do so. That way, the engineers know where they stand, and I have a good productive workforce.

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Reply to RobD

Ok I say you pick up the guns and replace those stupid idiots above her with a management team that has iron vists and does what you want.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on :eek:

Reply to svol

That'd work...

until they take me away.

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Reply to Yahiko81

The top performer every month gets oral pleasure from the lowest performer.

Would that work?

:eek: I want to eat your face :eek:

Reply to WingDing

Just make sure your office is right next to the cafeteria and they wont dare to do anything. And make some Rules Of Mass Firement to scare the hell out of them.

But Wingding's suggestion seems even better.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on :eek:

Reply to svol

I dunno if that'd help or not. The women n the office aren't exactly stellar. Two of them are "hot" for teh office, but if you put them out in public they are 5 or 6's.

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Reply to Yahiko81

(pooh here) a bj is a bj :smile:

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go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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Reply to melb_angel19

but what if you're the low performer and you have to do oral on a cow that doesn't wash?

<A HREF="http://forums.btvillarin.com/index.php?act=ST&f=41&t=324&s=58e94ba84a16bedfebbf0f416d5bac48" target="_new">I reckon all women should learn how to do an engine re-build so they can get the right to vote.</A>

Reply to Yahiko81

Then you have a good reason to start work harder.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on :eek:

Reply to svol

And if you're the lowest performer for three months in a row you have to rim everyone else in the firm.

:eek: I want to eat your face :eek:

Reply to WingDing

Excellent idea to make them work harder.

My dual-PSU PC is so powerfull that the neighbourhood dims when I turn it on :eek:

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