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Not necessarily. Maybe one dysfunctional manager who knows employees won't and can't be perfect but he can't handle having to admit making a mistake.
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From: Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>
To: Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Cc: Erika Yanovich <ERIKA_y -at- rad -dot- com>; "TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- TECHWR-L -dot- COM" <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- TECHWR-L -dot- COM>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: Back again.... looking...
Yes. As I said, a dysfunctional organization maniesting itself in unrealistic expectations of "perfect" employees who will never make mistakes, require a learning.curve or otherwise by human.
-Gene Kim-Eng
On 12/16/2012 9:58 PM, Keith Hood wrote:
It is a reason - it's not a good reason and it's not an excuse, but it could be the rationale behind what happened. Someone may be playing CYA or just trying to salve their own bruised ego. Too often, the root cause of hiring and firing decisions is somebody's personality. Maybe the manager who said he wasn't meeting expectations was trying to deflect criticism of the manager's handling of the situation. Crummy way to treat someone, but possible.
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