A Work Complaint- with very few specifics so as to protect the innocent (me):
The last year has seen some personnel changes in the powers-that-be. The powers-that-be have initiated further changes. Things have gotten steadily worse, performance has gotten steadily worse, morale has gotten steadily worse.
The powers-that-be are sure it's the fault of us peons- even though things were going okay before and the only thing that has changed is them. Since it's not their fault, apparently there will have to be more changes. And I'm sure that will make things steadily worse. Or perhaps drastically worse.
The only comfort is knowing that- eventually- changes will be made that will bring procedures and routines and rules back in line with where they were a year or so ago. And at that point the powers-that-be will take credit for the improvement.
I used to wonder why so many people in positions of power are idiots. But as I got older and wiser I realized that despite appearances, the percentage of powerless idiots is actually much greater. The idiots with authority just stand out a lot more because they are in position to do so much damage.
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Isn't it amazing? New leaders need to make changes in order to look like they're doing something. The changes, they call improvements, usually aren't, and make things worse. Things get worse, morale drops off, then other changes are made. Eventually, they make small changes working back in the direction things were in the first place. When they get the ship righted again they get credit for it, when they're the ones that capsized it in the first place! I lived with it at Toyota for years. Very frustrating.
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