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PHBs Getting "Secret" IT Training
An anonymous reader writes "As if all of us aren't already already aware of this, PHBs don't know jack squat about computer technology, and they won't seek any training from their own IT staff because that would be an admission of "weakness" so instead they are getting outsiders to train them in secret." Lucrative work for the secret tutors I s'pose. I guess getting tutored in secret is better than just floundering in ignorance.
Could someone please explain to this lowely Helpdesk Technician what the hell a PHB is?
...and is more common than you think in management.
My boss told me that when he took his first CIO job (moving from an operations management job) that not only did his boss encourage and pay for an IT "coach" to give him a crash course in IT, he said it was pretty common for execs to use "coaches" for all kinds of things, including a fair amount of touchy-feely management subjects.
As a GE employee, I can comment on this.
The mentoring program worked. The execs learned stuff, got their green or black belt certifications, and got a raise. The underlings as usual got FUCK ALL for their efforts.
GE is a model company in many ways, but treatment of their employees is absolutely NOT one of them.
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