Hmm... sounds like this issue could be solved if everyone stopped car-pooling.
How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
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Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#12From mildweed's comment in the CalTech thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1455037
Just idly curious, but why did people upvote my attribution comment?
Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#13Hmm... sounds like this issue could be solved if everyone stopped car-pooling.
Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#14See also: http://philip.greenspun.com/ancient-history/managing-softwar...
At least Greenspun took into account the need of his engineers' air to be humidified.
Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#15"I think this parental type action SUCKS. However, what you are doing, as managers, with this company makes me SICK. It makes sick to have to write this directive. I know I am painting with a broad brush and the majority of the KC based associates are hard working, committed to Cerner success and committed to transforming health care. I know the parking lot is not a great measurement for 'effort'. I know that 'result…
On the company's web site there's a page about him (he's the CEO): http://cerner.com/public/Cerner_2.asp?id=27586 In that it says: "Cerner associates extol Neal for his passion and foresight, his ability to drive change within organizations, his entrepreneurial spirit, and his candid, uninhibited conversational style." So that's just a candid, uninhibited conversational style :-) Note that that message was sent in 20…
Looks like their stock price was pretty volatile in 2001. Is it really likely then that employee action was the reason for a 20% drop?
Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#16"I think this parental type action SUCKS. However, what you are doing, as managers, with this company makes me SICK. It makes sick to have to write this directive. I know I am painting with a broad brush and the majority of the KC based associates are hard working, committed to Cerner success and committed to transforming health care. I know the parking lot is not a great measurement for 'effort'. I know that 'result…
On the company's web site there's a page about him (he's the CEO): http://cerner.com/public/Cerner_2.asp?id=27586 In that it says: "Cerner associates extol Neal for his passion and foresight, his ability to drive change within organizations, his entrepreneurial spirit, and his candid, uninhibited conversational style." So that's just a candid, uninhibited conversational style :-) Note that that message was sent in 20…
Are you defending this guy?
Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#17Hmm... sounds like this issue could be solved if everyone stopped car-pooling.
+1. Your comment may look like a "witty reply," but it hints at the futility of measuring results so indirectly. Cars in the parking lot != results.
Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
On the company's web site there's a page about him (he's the CEO): http://cerner.com/public/Cerner_2.asp?id=27586 In that it says: "Cerner associates extol Neal for his passion and foresight, his ability to drive change within organizations, his entrepreneurial spirit, and his candid, uninhibited conversational style." So that's just a candid, uninhibited conversational style :-) Note that that message was sent in 20…
Are you defending this guy?
No. I'm pointing out that he may be a total ass, but it doesn't seem to have hurt his company.
Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
On the company's web site there's a page about him (he's the CEO): http://cerner.com/public/Cerner_2.asp?id=27586 In that it says: "Cerner associates extol Neal for his passion and foresight, his ability to drive change within organizations, his entrepreneurial spirit, and his candid, uninhibited conversational style." So that's just a candid, uninhibited conversational style :-) Note that that message was sent in 20…
Are you defending this guy?
He's commenting on the truth of certain statements.
Are you saying we should gloss over some facts just to make the guy look even worse than he already does?
Re: How to kill a company's morale in one easy memo
#20The fact that the CEO sends emails with subject lines such as " MANAGEMENT DIRECTIVE: Week #10_01: ..." (with "directives" numbered by week and sequence) should have been warning enough. update: Google Finance and Reuters show that the Chairman and CEO of Cerner in 2006 is still in the position today. Looks like their stock has recovered from this "20% drop nicely": http://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:CERN
The comments imply the original memo was from 2001.