FW: RE: Exploitation is a two-way street (was a bunch of other th read s)

[John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com>]

> A manager like that will be just as laggard in recognizing
> employees who go the extra distance as in trying to bring
> one who doesn't up to the same level as the rest of staff.
> Best thing to do if one is in an organization like that is
> to bide one's time until market conditions make a move
> viable, because things aren't going to get better.  When I
> was a hiring manager, none of my "extra effort" employees
> ever had any doubt when they saw their evals, bonus checks
> or stock option awards that I knew who my top contributors
> were.

Worked for a VAR as technical sales support. Supported 5 young sales people
with proposal writing, application development, technical presentations. Was
directly responsible for a 4X increase in system sales, with 2 each the
previous 3 years, 7 the first year of support. Worked Saturdays. Sundays.
During the week, let the cleaning people OUT. Did it because I wanted to.

Bonus time...envelope please. $25.00. Gave it back with note that it was
"totally inappropriate". Fired. As I was being escorted out, walked past one
of the above sales people who had tears in his eyes.

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
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