Job and General Employment Thread

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:36 am

I am anti-corporate fluff and buzzwords. I don't respond positively to it and have no background to it (father and grandfather were self-employed)...

Postby **NTP66** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 11:38 am

If you’re anti-buzzwords, like I am, you’re going to hate this.

Postby **skullman80** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:38 pm

Our company is huge into Lean and kaizen stuff. I think it's mostly useles and a bunch of buzzwords and acronyms. Everyone has to be Lean certified though. It's dumb. I remember building paper airplanes during the two day workshop thing.

Postby **NTP66** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:41 pm

Source of the post I remember building paper airplanes during the two day workshop thing.

I wouldn't mind this.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:45 pm

The people who eat that **** up are usually the more useless people in the company, in my experience.

My old company had a "LEAN Consultant" and it honestly amazed me that he was probably getting six figures for the nonsense.

Postby **skullman80** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:48 pm

The people who eat that **** up are usually the more useless people in the company, in my experience.
My old company had a "LEAN Consultant" and it honestly amazed me that he was probably getting six figures for the nonsense.

We have two people at our company that do nothing but Lean trainings and stuff. One is silly but we have two.

Postby **skullman80** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 1:48 pm

Source of the post I remember building paper airplanes during the two day workshop thing.
I wouldn't mind this.

I was on a team building with our COO and I didn't even know it till afterwords. Oops. He was really nice and down to earth though.

Postby **tifosi77** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:04 pm

...kaizen stuff.

I've worked for Japanese companies for most of the last nine years, so this is real life for me.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:23 pm

Would anyone view it as anything noteworthy if it appeared on a resume? It sounds like the antithesis of what I'm about...

Postby **columbia** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:32 pm

You’re against planning and efficiency?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:34 pm

Yup. Clearly. Because that's exactly how it's been described and lauded by everyone and my stance on a particular aspect of it wasn't already made clear previously.

Postby **columbia** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:36 pm

Knowledge of what of you are criticizing is key.
You lacked it; it was provided.

Postby **shmenguin** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:37 pm

Organization is not my strong suit. I’ve had to be in scramble mode for so long that I’m kind of broken that way.

So I actually appreciate my agile coach/scrum master/whatever they’re called. She does the stuff I hate doing and she doesn’t let me get away with anything. I need her specific brand of butt kicking.

Postby **tifosi77** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:37 pm

Re including squidgy HR stuff on your CV

It depends on the company and what you know of their culture. I'm a believer that you tailor your resume for each opportunity: if the company seems into that, play it up.

Postby **columbia** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 8:44 pm

Organization is not my strong suit. I’ve had to be in scramble mode for so long that I’m kind of broken that way.

So I actually appreciate my agile coach/scrum master/whatever they’re called. She does the stuff I hate doing and she doesn’t let me get away with anything. I need her specific brand of butt kicking.

Might want to check out old school research (March, Simon, Cyert - all at CMU) on organizational behavior and theories of firms. It’s served me well over the years.

Postby **columbia** » Sat Mar 17, 2018 9:13 pm

Organization is not my strong suit. I’ve had to be in scramble mode for so long that I’m kind of broken that way.

So I actually appreciate my agile coach/scrum master/whatever they’re called. She does the stuff I hate doing and she doesn’t let me get away with anything. I need her specific brand of butt kicking.
Might want to check out old school research (March, Simon, Cyert - all at CMU) on organizational behavior and theories of firms. It’s served me well over the years.

For example:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Behav ... f_the_Firm

Best viewed as being helpful for how organizations function - and (tacitly) how to thrive in them.

Postby **mac5155** » Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:35 pm

...kaizen stuff.
I've worked for Japanese companies for most of the last nine years, so this is real life for me.

Kaizen is great imo. See the world on the company dime.

Postby **grunthy** » Sun Mar 18, 2018 11:49 pm

If lean six sigma or lean manufacturing is done right, it can be useful. I saved a company I used to work tens of thousands by streamlining their shipping process.

Postby **LITT** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 7:45 am

as an accomplished lean six sigma master black belt, those that think it is dumb either had poor leadership support or poor execution. there are very few situations where the methodologies are not beneficial

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:06 am

There it is.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:08 am

Is there a normal development arc/time to achieve the lowest achievement level (green belt?)...

Postby **meow** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:36 am

Litter in the Trash drank the kool aid.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:38 am

Is there a normal development arc/time to achieve the lowest achievement level (green belt?)...

I was offered this when I was a gov contractor, I think it was a two day course.

But, contractor wouldn't pay my time while I was there, so, nope.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:39 am

Two days for green belt status? So, in actual time, that's like 35 minutes.

Postby **Silentom** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 9:51 am

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