Re: What are you really trying to say?

Subject: Re: What are you really trying to say?
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 15:39:32 -0400


Steve Schwarzman wrote:
>> "Primary job functions do not typically require exercising
>> independent judgment"
>
> That's HR language for "this is not a management position, nor a
> position that will lead to one." I can't recall seeing it in the
> negative formation as here; usually, it's stated in the positive as
a
> way of saying "we expect you to figure out stuff we don't tell you
> and take initiative without being closely managed."
>

It seems rather that they want NO initiative....

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