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bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Thu November 03, 2022 2:24 pm

bart wrote:

That’s good Peeps. I once had a guy in an interview start his opening pitch with “I’m widely known as a change agent.”

Was a part of a client meeting last week, and our team was asked to add someone to the meeting from their side. After about 15 previous meetings, had never heard of this person til then. Looked them up on LinkedIn, and their listed job title at the company was “change agent”. Immediately marked my meeting invite as Tentative

bart · **Joined:** Tue January 08, 2013 10:23 pm **Posts:** 3237

I imagine him coming into the meeting like Jordan peele in the Gremlins 2 sketch

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Thu November 03, 2022 8:09 pm

We had some kind of art director guy come in and throw his weight around like he was Scorsese or something and trying to change everything. In about a week everyone hated him. There were some layoffs a month later, and he was sent packing.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42216

BurtReynolds wrote:

We had some kind of art director guy come in and throw his weight around like he was Scorsese or something and trying to change everything. In about a week everyone hated him. There were some layoffs a month later, and he was sent packing.

Have you ever yelled at a manager?

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Thu November 03, 2022 8:22 pm

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

We had some kind of art director guy come in and throw his weight around like he was Scorsese or something and trying to change everything. In about a week everyone hated him. There were some layoffs a month later, and he was sent packing.

Have you ever yelled at a manager?

not since the restaurant industry days.

I like most of the people I work with these days. No need to yell. I just make snide remarks lightly mocking certain decisions.

spike · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am **Posts:** 28166

Burt the Monday morning quarterback

spike · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am **Posts:** 28166

When they fired my old boss and gave me his job, they had me reporting up to a change agent. So I then became the change agent liaison to my staff. Looking back, part of why I moved on; it was definitely like pushing a boulder uphill.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Thu November 03, 2022 9:33 pm

spike wrote:

When they fired my old boss and gave me his job, they had me reporting up to a change agent. So I then became the change agent liaison to my staff. Looking back, part of why I moved on; it was definitely like pushing a boulder uphill.

Currently engaged in something similar here. Have been pushing a big project since January, and really in earnest since April. People are coming around and there are clear indications of support, but there's one entrenched person who has assumed the role of skeptical gatekeeper and it's grinding my gears.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42216

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

We had some kind of art director guy come in and throw his weight around like he was Scorsese or something and trying to change everything. In about a week everyone hated him. There were some layoffs a month later, and he was sent packing.

Have you ever yelled at a manager?

not since the restaurant industry days.

I like most of the people I work with these days. No need to yell. I just make snide remarks lightly mocking certain decisions.

Same. I’ve been incredibly blunt with some manager, and got into it a few times with my own. I expect my mouth will get the best of my one day though.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Thu November 03, 2022 10:16 pm

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

We had some kind of art director guy come in and throw his weight around like he was Scorsese or something and trying to change everything. In about a week everyone hated him. There were some layoffs a month later, and he was sent packing.

Have you ever yelled at a manager?

not since the restaurant industry days.

I like most of the people I work with these days. No need to yell. I just make snide remarks lightly mocking certain decisions.

Same. I’ve been incredibly blunt with some manager, and got into it a few times with my own. I expect my mouth will get the best of my one day though.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42216

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

We had some kind of art director guy come in and throw his weight around like he was Scorsese or something and trying to change everything. In about a week everyone hated him. There were some layoffs a month later, and he was sent packing.

Have you ever yelled at a manager?

not since the restaurant industry days.

I like most of the people I work with these days. No need to yell. I just make snide remarks lightly mocking certain decisions.

Same. I’ve been incredibly blunt with some manager, and got into it a few times with my own. I expect my mouth will get the best of my one day though.

Let’s bang.

spike · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 4:18 am **Posts:** 28166

tragabigzanda wrote:

spike wrote:

When they fired my old boss and gave me his job, they had me reporting up to a change agent. So I then became the change agent liaison to my staff. Looking back, part of why I moved on; it was definitely like pushing a boulder uphill.

Currently engaged in something similar here. Have been pushing a big project since January, and really in earnest since April. People are coming around and there are clear indications of support, but there's one entrenched person who has assumed the role of skeptical gatekeeper and it's grinding my gears.

Haha, we had a guy we called the lawyer, cuz he’d fight everything in meetings. My advice, fire the guy.

Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Fri November 04, 2022 3:35 pm

Just make the change. Adapt or die.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42216

God I hate biweekly department meetings. All it ends up being is one person co-opting the meeting and our Director mentioning stuff she should have told some of us on an individual basis a week ago.

tree_ · **Posted:** Fri November 04, 2022 3:49 pm

i would hate that two. sorry lenward

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42216

tree_ wrote:

i would hate that two. sorry lenward

Thanks. I have the worst life of anyone.

tree_ · **Posted:** Fri November 04, 2022 4:02 pm

assuredly riddled with first world problems

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42216

tree_ wrote:

assuredly riddled with first world problems

I don’t even know what I want for lunch.

tree_ · **Posted:** Fri November 04, 2022 4:09 pm

i killed twooo crickets just creeping around my chair in my office within the last half hour. there are spiders too hiding in the corners. wow. deliberately? yes deliberately i stomped them out of their life

dad · **Joined:** Fri June 24, 2016 2:49 pm **Posts:** 16605

tree_ wrote:

i killed twooo crickets just creeping around my chair in my office within the last half hour. there are spiders too hiding in the corners. wow. deliberately? yes deliberately i stomped them out of their life

wow, new line of work for you?

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