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08 May 20
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I'm an heating engineer and started with a new firm just over a year ago. The company employees about 150 people and has been established 35 years.
When I found out that the company owner/Managing Director was the grandson of the company founder and was only 35 years old I was a little concerned. He has been MD for 3 years. This company traditionally had long-serving members of staff but over the last 3 years they have all moved on for one reason or another which produced the opportunity for myself to work here. All the current managers and supervisors all appear to be in their thirties, not experienced in their current position, very friendly with the MD and they are ruthless with their handing of engineers. All they seemed bothered about is how the company is portrayed via social media. Talk about an ego.
I'm 48 and will be resigning on Monday morning as I am just not comfortable with a situation like this. I guess it happens to us all at some stage but being managed by younger people is not a pleasant experience imo.
When I found out that the company owner/Managing Director was the grandson of the company founder and was only 35 years old I was a little concerned. He has been MD for 3 years. This company traditionally had long-serving members of staff but over the last 3 years they have all moved on for one reason or another which produced the opportunity for myself to work here. All the current managers and supervisors all appear to be in their thirties, not experienced in their current position, very friendly with the MD and they are ruthless with their handing of engineers. All they seemed bothered about is how the company is portrayed via social media. Talk about an ego.
I'm 48 and will be resigning on Monday morning as I am just not comfortable with a situation like this. I guess it happens to us all at some stage but being managed by younger people is not a pleasant experience imo.
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young guns in my place but all top boys with good attitude earn good money work hard keep earning good money
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You could at least name the company. Give us another clue please?
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Sadly PR in the media/internet consumes companies, all about likes and point scoring but not about employees or the product.
You will move somewhere else and it will be the same. |
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Same with my company, company built itself up by promoting internally, now its all people from totally unrelated industries with fancy CVs but no practical skills or knowledge, give them a screwdriver and they would stab themselves.
A management team who dont have a clue what or how to build our product, its all srreadhseets with conditional formatting and charts, if you describe an actual issue their eyes glaze over. 20 hours divided by 10 men is a 2 hr job. |
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I don't think it is about age. A*seholes in all walks of management and authority. Skilled in the art of climbing the greasy pole but not in the art of managing people.
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Spreadsheets
 The company i work for its all about the spreadsheets even when we have actual programs designed to record and provide data, if it aint on the spreadsheet it means nothing. We even maintain equipment that has been maintained recently because it is on the spreadsheet to maintain. Stuff gets maintained yearly that should be maintained 8 yearly because the spreadsheet says so and budget says so. |
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poker
make sure you CASCADE your notice letter in GENERIC form to all the young managers,explaining why you arnt comfortable PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ,at the morning POWER MEETINGS,  |
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MY wife worked at BT for 40 years took early retirement last year,a young 20 yr manger in front of 50 people asked her why she took nearly 10 mins on the toilet, THE WIFE SAID ASK YOUR MAM,
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Spreadsheet management happened in lots of places 2 hour lunch break up the pub become thing of the past
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I don't think it's because they are young. it's just the fashion
to manage in that manner. Heartless and soulless and reward is best workers find better places to work where they are appreciated. Good luck whp, a wise move imo |
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You got anything in the pipeline?
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It is nice to have the freedom to say what you like to who you like and putting down rude or stupid people no matter what position of authority they are in.
Might I suggest to some of you young uns it might be a good time to start paying extra off your mortgage  It gives you power! |
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ITS JOB DISCRIMINMATION really in the past the moaners,jokers,happy,active,very active,not so active could all combine to make a decent productive workforce,your now pigeon holed ,all put in the same box before you start,robots before the robots take over,all back biting,potting each othetr to make their mark,no one carrying,helping each other out
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Before you hand in your notice make a list of all the properties you've done work at and get some business cards printed.
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Unless all the homeowners are in their thirties
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