Tate Publishing melt down

[MrShooter]

my wife & father in.law work there and this is blown way outta proportion. if you don't work well or use social media outlets to talk bad about a company you work for then you should be let go.

the ones that let go were replaced with new applicants and work went on.

go to work. do your job. get paid. simple.

from what I hear its a laid back calm workplace with nice people. they even have a softball team.

 

[peanut]

Peter Gibbons: So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life.

 

[peanut]

We don't have a lot of time on this earth. We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements.

 

[saddlebum]

If my employees were undermining the company i worked hard to build and that paid thier salary i would be pissed too. Heads would roll

Btw , i don't have any employees

 

[rhodesbe]

We don't have a lot of time on this earth. We weren't meant to spend it this way. Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day, filling out useless forms and listening to eight different bosses drone on about mission statements.

So, that's a rather pointless comment. But, it's OSA - and here is my go at it -

Company culture is a hard thing to manage. Tate Publishing has grown pretty quickly, from just a few loosely related folks and family to a pretty big company. It is difficult enough to manage that transition for skilled managers, even harder for entrepreneurs who have to transition themselves from micromanagement style to a corporate mindset.

I suspect this whole thing is an ugly case of neurotic managers having a hard time adjusting to the reality that corporate management and leadership does not always mean you wear the pants and rule with an iron fist, and a bunch of mildly bored, drama prone, twenty something young professionals not knowing when to shut up and work.

I think the Tate Family are good people, and they certainly have done many pragmatic and generous things that haven't at all been noted by the media. Airing dirty laundry in public always seems messy.

 

[Hump66]

It's not pointless, it's a movie quote. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

 

[Hump66]

If my employees were undermining the company i worked hard to build and that paid thier salary i would be pissed too. Heads would roll

Btw , i don't have any employees

So you'd fire 25 random people to try and force 1 person to admit to sending an email?

 

[rhodesbe]

It's not pointless, it's a movie quote. Sounds like somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

nah, I got the reference. Still pointless. This situation isn't about under-utilized employees.

 

[Doc Holiday]

Anyone else keeping tabs on this story? It's been picked up on dozens of other news sites.


http://newsok.com/oklahoma-ceo-prays-with-insults-then-fires-employees/multimedia/video/1668012164001

It has been my experience that if one has to describe their business as "Christian based" then it is likely not.

 

[saddlebum]

So you'd fire 25 random people to try and force 1 person to admit to sending an email?

i'd chop thier heads off and stick em on fence posts