Comments on: Workers have ideas – bosses don’t care

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:15:15 +0000

Maybe more employers/bosses should watch “Undercover Boss” and go into the trenches to see how things really work! People on the front lines and in the trenches know a lot more than many executives give them credit for.

By: protecting the innocent

protecting the innocent — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:11:03 +0000

I unfortunately was in the same situation as anon above. I worked at TRP and made several ideas based on my experience as a business owner before arriving there. I was rewarded with a comment from my supervisor that he didn’t feel I had any real management approved ideas and was chastised for trying to change the status quo. Needless to say I left at my first opportunity. I now work for a company that truly appreciates the idea of team. not just a slogan to beat you up with.

By: Prefer to stay anon

Prefer to stay anon — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:03:24 +0000

I used to work at T. Rowe Price in Colorado Springs (yes, I said the name). I had set up a tool for our team to make them more efficient in their jobs and the supervisor demanded that I delete the tool. The company had an issue in their IT infrastructure that was wasting about $60,000 a year in man hours. I brought them a solution that I had tested and proved worked, and got scolded for it.

T Rowe goes by the initials TRP in internal communictions. Must mean Torture, Reprimand and Punish. I guess that’s why their turnover is high (100% within 2 years).

I would have to agree with Briditte. TRP is the pinnacle of “Bosses don’t care.”

By: Brigitte

Brigitte — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:53:13 +0000

This is why most employees hate their jobs, amongst other reasonshasidim.