Paper, Scissor or Stone ?

Tactics of the modern management (Note: the irony of the word "Modern in this context since the tools are so primitive)

This is a simple guide to management tactics/tools in this fast, ruthless management world . This article is also a good read for all wannabe managers and can be added to their arsenal of tools in the future.

Paper
Its all about Paper. Management want it all. Palm all stretch out screaming "Give me give me! I'm up high on the corporate ladder, so I must be rewarded and rank as the best employee". In keeping up with their fat pay cheques(which is on paper), they are focused on the "Bottom Line", scraping and pinching from lowly paid employees to supplement their Paper Cheques or Stock Options.

Scissor
This is the tactic of telling the workforce that work can be done with fewer people with greater efficiencies and hence the "need" to reduce headcount. The Scissor tactics eliminate the lower hierarchy of people in order to justify the higher paid "Porfessionals" in the upper management. The Scissor tactic is ritualistically employed by all managers at every possible opportunity because haircuts are a must and with every cut, their share of the pie increased.
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Stone
And if the Scissor tool doesn't work or used too frequently, just use this Stone tool to stonewall the employees. "You've hit your compa-ratio - no more pay increase" "the company is not doing well - no increase" "The company is doing well, but you are not the top employees - so low increase" A smart alternative to the Scissor, because who the dickens compute the compa-ratio? and who is to say the company is not doing well?? Accountants are second to lawyers in the art of 'presentation'. So yes, this is the last tool...a blank stone wall with the writings on the wall: 'Take it or leave...the door is that way..'


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