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Char
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  • Newark, DE
  • United States
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Who are you?
I'm an employee of a Fortune 500 company who feels passionately that corporation management can and should be doing a better job of managing.
What is your interest or involvement in employee engagement?
Trying to change employee engagement at my workplace.
Where are you located?
Newark, DE

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Management from an employee perspective

I read here, on EEN, a lot of awesome ideas about how management can/does work successfully but I have yet to experience this type of management in real life.

Right now, as a result of the abysmal economy, the retail company I work for has shown little/no understanding of those of us who man the store. In their attempt to increase profits they've thrown respect and communication out the window. New "rules" are appearing out of nowhere and often change from week-to-week if not day-to-day. Compli… Continue

Posted on January 25, 2009 at 12:42pm — 2 Comments

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At 10:08am on January 26, 2009, Terrence Seamon said…
woww, sorry to read about this situation at your workplace. hang in there.
At 10:01am on January 25, 2009, Terrence Seamon said…
Hello Char,
I noticed your emphasis on "doing a better job of managing." I could not agree more! You might want to join the Manager Tools group and start a discussion there.
Terry
At 8:54am on January 25, 2009, David Zinger said…
Char:
I am so pleased you joined us at the network. I wish you all the best in changing employee engagement at your workplace. I think your passion for the best will help you a lot and I trust the resources (papers/forums/people) on this network will also be a big help. I look forward to hearing more from you.
David
 
 

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