Having put in multiple decades at a couple of soulless corporations, I will say there's only one thing worse than the project managers . . . and that's the dept managers who actually allowed the project managers to run the department's projects. "Hey Fred, I realize you barely know where I sit, and have no idea what we do here, so I'd li…
Having put in multiple decades at a couple of soulless corporations, I will say there's only one thing worse than the project managers . . . and that's the dept managers who actually allowed the project managers to run the department's projects. "Hey Fred, I realize you barely know where I sit, and have no idea what we do here, so I'd like you to work with IT to design the new system that we're going to use from now on. Design it, test it, sign off on it, then let me know when it's ready to go."
Fast forward 3 months: "Hey Fred, nice features you designed here. But since we don't have any place to indicate the name of the customer, or the product they're buying, we can't do any business."
If you think I'm exaggerating, I'm not. I've seen this scenario play out, with different details but the basic fundamentals being the same. Not the PM's fault . . . the fvcking manager's fault for being too lazy or too stupid to take control of his own future.
Same skill set, right MM? As Andy Rooney once said of consultants, you loan them your watch so they can tell you what time it is. Same with PM's and counselors. "Ah yes, Mr and Mrs Millennial, come in for a meeting and I'll tell you whether or not you should stay married."
Ironically enough, that same person told me he is thinking about possibly starting a consulting business. They are the exact opposite of me. Top 20% of public speaking and soft skills. I learned the hard way about these types of people in my early 20s. The problem is Americans like talkers. They get rewarded on YT, etc.
One of the Wall Street firms I worked at loved to bring in McKinsey consulting, drop $5 million bucks on them to conduct a study so that senior management could have a report to show the board of directors to get some new initiative approved. You'd think for 5 bills you'd get some pretty experienced people, right? Nah, bunch of 22 year olds who'd have a hard time making a bowl of cereal. And what went in the study? Whatever we told them. As if we couldn't have done this ourselves and saved the $. But the board would lap up anything that came from an outside consultant. Total circle jerk. I'm sure someone was getting their palm (and probably their dick) greased.
Having put in multiple decades at a couple of soulless corporations, I will say there's only one thing worse than the project managers . . . and that's the dept managers who actually allowed the project managers to run the department's projects. "Hey Fred, I realize you barely know where I sit, and have no idea what we do here, so I'd like you to work with IT to design the new system that we're going to use from now on. Design it, test it, sign off on it, then let me know when it's ready to go."
Fast forward 3 months: "Hey Fred, nice features you designed here. But since we don't have any place to indicate the name of the customer, or the product they're buying, we can't do any business."
If you think I'm exaggerating, I'm not. I've seen this scenario play out, with different details but the basic fundamentals being the same. Not the PM's fault . . . the fvcking manager's fault for being too lazy or too stupid to take control of his own future.
Unreal. The incompetence is everywhere. The guy working from nowhere would do a better job.
I know someone who is a project manager. They are now considering becoming a counselor. Sounds about right.
Same skill set, right MM? As Andy Rooney once said of consultants, you loan them your watch so they can tell you what time it is. Same with PM's and counselors. "Ah yes, Mr and Mrs Millennial, come in for a meeting and I'll tell you whether or not you should stay married."
Ironically enough, that same person told me he is thinking about possibly starting a consulting business. They are the exact opposite of me. Top 20% of public speaking and soft skills. I learned the hard way about these types of people in my early 20s. The problem is Americans like talkers. They get rewarded on YT, etc.
One of the Wall Street firms I worked at loved to bring in McKinsey consulting, drop $5 million bucks on them to conduct a study so that senior management could have a report to show the board of directors to get some new initiative approved. You'd think for 5 bills you'd get some pretty experienced people, right? Nah, bunch of 22 year olds who'd have a hard time making a bowl of cereal. And what went in the study? Whatever we told them. As if we couldn't have done this ourselves and saved the $. But the board would lap up anything that came from an outside consultant. Total circle jerk. I'm sure someone was getting their palm (and probably their dick) greased.