Management
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010|
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Actors: Zahn Steve,Ward Fred,Liao James Hiroyuki,Harrelson Woody,Heffernan Kevin,Burns Don,Crowley Collin,Martin del Campo Gilberto,Boone Junior Mark,Wedderburn Garfield,Comedy,Romance,
WHY DO MEMBERS OF UPPER MANAGEMENT IN FAMILY-OWNED COMPANIES DISRESPECT THEIR EMPLOYEES?
ME:
A marketing manager for a family-owned business. I’ve been with my company for almost a decade and have worked my way to my current position starting off as a sales associate. I have a college degree and I am good at what I do. After getting promoted to my current position, I enjoyed great success as a leader and a mentor.
MY COMPANY:
A family-owned business that is operated by the owner’s family members and "friends." It has been in business for almost 20 years and is a "profit-only" organization. They are not very progressive and tend to listen more to ideas which are presented by other members of upper management, "friends", and those that don’t pose a "threat."
COMPANY CORPORATE CULTURE:
They tend fill upper management positions with business contacts that they have relationships with, and outsiders have middle-management positions and have little or no chance of moving upward. Favoritism, nepotism, and "brown-nosing" run rampant with the company. Tactics that are used by upper management to get their point across include intimidation and fear. OVERALL, THE WORK ENVIRONMENT IS VERY NEGATIVE.
Although I have grown a lot with the company, I feel that my boss is trying to suppress my advancement. I get the feeling that my boss as well as many members of upper management do not like the fact that I have achieved my levels of success. I also sense that my boss is trying to prevent me from growing even more with the company because he feels threatened by me. My boss has no skills at all when it comes to business. Of course, he got his job because he is friends with the owner. I’ve also heard through the grapevine that a lot of the other employees, middle-management and regular employees alike share my thoughts.
Without going any further, why is this "disrespect" happening? Is this a common occurrence in companies that are family-owned. I am not a genius, but if upper management in my company was pulling this same stunt in a corporate environment, they would either get fired or have a lawsuit filed against them.
What do you think?
I think its time to spread your wings and fly to a different company that allows you the room to grow.
Not all family-owned businesses are as you described and publicly owned business are not all paragons of virtue. Each needs to be judged on their own merits.
So, get flapping and good luck to you.
Bruce | Feb 01, 2010
many trashy people manage to get a
business going and their children
a likely to be just as trashy.
just narrow, uneducated and low-class
behavior, both ghetto and trailer trash
values and such, become obvious and
that is when you need to start searching
for another employer, no matter what they
pay you. sooner or later, you will be able
to escape that kind of trashy job and word
gets around, even if slowly.
Jimmy | Feb 01, 2010
