The more things change...
Back to work today. I was only off two days, Friday and Tuesday with the office being closed on Monday. You would think I was off for six weeks with all the crap I had to deal with upon arriving today. I was not even in the building two minutes and had a stack of issues on my desk and three people needing my attention. It's nice to be needed but geeze let me at least get the door to my office open. I am trying ot coach people in my office to not give up and pass the buck when an issue arises they cannot solve but rather to seek out the solution. Sometimes it's like banging my head against the wall as some feel an entitlment not to have to put too much effort in as long as someone else is around who can solve their problem. The new person so far has stuck to a schedule where she comes in an hour late and leaves a half hour early. So that should be interesting as time goes on. I hope to transfer in the near future so I am not going to get too involved in that situation. Crazy is still her usual self but starting to tick off a very good employee. I am trying to act as a buffer between them and take more responsibility for supervising him because he really contributes to the success of our office. This is something Crazy cannot see since it happens outside of her net surfing viewing area.
Another employee at one of our offices quit today. She was a great person to work with and an asset to her branch and the company. I am afraid she may be only the first if the current compensation issue is not resolved by upper management. The problem is that the quarterly incentive program for managers was restructured and not to the favor of managers with its unrealistic goals. So for the first quarter payment, which was recently paid out, the amounts were much less than people expected including my own. So for a lot of the employees here who were lured away from other companies with the nice incentive package it has been kind of a rude awakening. So with a mini rebellion starting to ignite (this company has several thousand managers), changes need to be implemented before a lot of talent is lost.
I'm pretty loyal to my company, but it amazes me how little comprehension corporate higher-ups can have of employee morale and understanding of the real world we do business in to make the huge profits our company and its shareholders realize.