August 25, 2008 at 10:20 am
Christian Buettner (8/22/2008)
Too often I have seen the loudest employees rise the ladder of success, and good employees doing their jobs silently stayed unrecognized.While the loud employees give at least some indication (=they advertise even their smallest achievements or sometimes even "steal" achievements from others) that they are valuable to the organization. The silent employees usually do not advertise their achievements and therefore are not heard. The end result is that the loud employees appear to have more achievements to the manager and therefore have better chances to ride the ladder of success.
In my opinion, this is an almost inevitable drawback of large organizations. In small organizations anonymity is not an option and everybody understands the contributions of others. In large organizations progress bows to process, creativity bows to conformity, modesty bows to majesty, humility bows to audacity, durability bows to visibility, honesty & integrity bow to venality, competence & diligence bow to complacence, ambitious & conscientious bow to pretentious, and striving for production bows to striving for promotion. A large organization is not for me.
August 28, 2008 at 6:15 am
DBAdmin (8/25/2008)
In my opinion, this is an almost inevitable drawback of large organizations. In small organizations anonymity is not an option and everybody understands the contributions of others. In large organizations progress bows to process, creativity bows to conformity, modesty bows to majesty, humility bows to audacity, durability bows to visibility, honesty & integrity bow to venality, competence & diligence bow to complacence, ambitious & conscientious bow to pretentious, and striving for production bows to striving for promotion. A large organization is not for me.
Hot Dog, that hit the nail well and truely on the head!
Are you quoting someone or did you come up with that one on your own?
I can fully understand the feeling behind a comment like that. Unfortunately my current employer seems to be headed that way. I hope that this move can be stopped, but I won't be holding my breath.
GermanDBA
Regards,
WilliamD
August 28, 2008 at 11:55 am
DBAdmin (8/25/2008)
In my opinion, this is an almost inevitable drawback of large organizations. In small organizations anonymity is not an option and everybody understands the contributions of others. In large organizations progress bows to process, creativity bows to conformity, modesty bows to majesty, humility bows to audacity, durability bows to visibility, honesty & integrity bow to venality, competence & diligence bow to complacence, ambitious & conscientious bow to pretentious, and striving for production bows to striving for promotion. A large organization is not for me.
This comment is saved into my quote library 😛
August 28, 2008 at 4:31 pm
GermanDBA (8/28/2008)
Hot Dog, that hit the nail well and truely on the head!Are you quoting someone or did you come up with that one on your own?
Thanks for your comments.
The words are all my own. They come from a deep frustration with my current situation. I have spent 30 years in IT doing great work for several different employers. I played a key technical role in bringing four different startup companies to national prominence within their industries. I recently finished a personal project where I built a remarkable web application with a solid database foundation, all from scratch using current Microsoft technologies. Yet, I have been unable to find even a moderately stimulating employment opportunity. I have received several offers, but all of them had significant drawbacks. The large corporations are not appealing to me (see above) and the small companies are seemingly dormant. My heart would be with another small company (even a startup), but I have not been able to find anything appropriate. I do not exaggerate my experience on my résumé, as many/most people seem to do these days, and I fear that my honesty and modesty are working against me.
August 29, 2008 at 9:25 am
The words are all my own. They come from a deep frustration with my current situation. I have spent 30 years in IT doing great work for several different employers. I played a key technical role in bringing four different startup companies to national prominence within their industries. I recently finished a personal project where I built a remarkable web application with a solid database foundation, all from scratch using current Microsoft technologies. Yet, I have been unable to find even a moderately stimulating employment opportunity. I have received several offers, but all of them had significant drawbacks. The large corporations are not appealing to me (see above) and the small companies are seemingly dormant. My heart would be with another small company (even a startup), but I have not been able to find anything appropriate. I do not exaggerate my experience on my résumé, as many/most people seem to do these days, and I fear that my honesty and modesty are working against me.
I concur with you 100%. It is hard to find a good company with good management regardless of the company size. I still think management style is more important than company size. I try to work for medium size company but still there are so much politics, people likes to hire their friends in the workplace, they stick together and when they make a mistake, it is behind close door and when we make a mistake, it is all over the company. 🙁
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