The Panda Bear is very tired and she will be taking a temporary break from blogging. It has been a year after the death of Father Panda. The Panda Bear found the anniversary of his death very hard. In addition, Mother Panda has been needing some help.
The Panda Bear needs to rest and enjoy the nice weather. She will soon back to blogging.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Panda Bear on Memorial Day and the Irrationality of Modern Management
The Panda Bear has been very tired. Mother Panda has been sick so the Panda Bear has been going to help her(as well as the Panda Bear working her full-time job). However, the Panda Bear Blog is about not being ashamed of saying you are tired. At work some people were embarrassed to say they were tired and did not do much. Why should hard working Americans be ashamed of being tired? Don't we all deserve some rest?
The Panda Bear does plan to give her readers an update on her bathroom repair. However, the Panda Bear feels what would really make her happy is a month vacation which she does not thing she will ever get under the US vacation system. Maybe a yearly monthly vacation would be too much for employers to provide but to give a worker every five years a month off-would that really wreck the US economy?
The Panda Bear has a low opinion of the modern management. She things there is a lot of meanness in the modern work culture that has nothing to do with producing the best product or servicing the organization.
Many people have noticed the decline in working environment in the United States. The Panda Bear finds it hard to believe that in the nineteen eighties the Panda Bear worked for a large US corporation and most of the managers were seen as being nice. From 1990-1992 she worked in a section of the company known has "the country club" because of the nice way they treated people. People worked hard in that section and they were not the highest paid workers but it was a happy work environment.
The Panda Bear wishes to share a thoughtful video made by the Online MBA on why the government should not be run like a business. The Panda Bear has always thought that it was unfair to compare the US Postal service to private companies such as UPS or Federal Express. The US postal service has to serve all areas the the country regardless of financial incentives while private mail companies don't service areas that aren't profitable for the company.
In addition to the reasons provided in the above video, the Panda Bear things many private large companies and organizations aren't well run-not just government agencies. In every type of large organizations one hears employees whom their coworkers see a terribly incompetent but the managers just seem to adore them. Sometimes these workers do get fired but it can take years of bad behavior on the part of these employees. The Panda Bear wishes she could be a fly on the wall when these employees meet with their bosses; the Panda Bear feels these employees must have tremendous political skills that the Panda Bear lacks because its seems that all the Panda Bear's bosses seem to expect her to be ultra competent and work very hard.
The Panda Bear does plan to give her readers an update on her bathroom repair. However, the Panda Bear feels what would really make her happy is a month vacation which she does not thing she will ever get under the US vacation system. Maybe a yearly monthly vacation would be too much for employers to provide but to give a worker every five years a month off-would that really wreck the US economy?
The Panda Bear has a low opinion of the modern management. She things there is a lot of meanness in the modern work culture that has nothing to do with producing the best product or servicing the organization.
Many people have noticed the decline in working environment in the United States. The Panda Bear finds it hard to believe that in the nineteen eighties the Panda Bear worked for a large US corporation and most of the managers were seen as being nice. From 1990-1992 she worked in a section of the company known has "the country club" because of the nice way they treated people. People worked hard in that section and they were not the highest paid workers but it was a happy work environment.
The Panda Bear wishes to share a thoughtful video made by the Online MBA on why the government should not be run like a business. The Panda Bear has always thought that it was unfair to compare the US Postal service to private companies such as UPS or Federal Express. The US postal service has to serve all areas the the country regardless of financial incentives while private mail companies don't service areas that aren't profitable for the company.
In addition to the reasons provided in the above video, the Panda Bear things many private large companies and organizations aren't well run-not just government agencies. In every type of large organizations one hears employees whom their coworkers see a terribly incompetent but the managers just seem to adore them. Sometimes these workers do get fired but it can take years of bad behavior on the part of these employees. The Panda Bear wishes she could be a fly on the wall when these employees meet with their bosses; the Panda Bear feels these employees must have tremendous political skills that the Panda Bear lacks because its seems that all the Panda Bear's bosses seem to expect her to be ultra competent and work very hard.
Monday, May 6, 2013
The Panda Bear on Daily to Do Lists, Happiness, and Bathroom Repair Update
The Panda Bear has been very busy and thus has only time from a short blog post. The Panda Bear's eighty-five year old mother, Mother Panda has broken her right wrist and was in rehab. The Panda Bear has been going after work to visit and help Mother Panda. The Panda Bear loves Mother Panda and does not wish to complain but the Panda Bear is exhausted. Both the Panda Bear and Mother Panda Bear feel the loss of Father Panda who died in June 2012 so is no longer able to help Mother Panda.
During these busy times the Panda Bear has been neglecting her daily to do list. She has not been exercising properly or writing down everything she eats. The kitchen sink has been filled with dishes She has not been decluttering her apartment. Some blogging and writing sites, say people who blog should be blogging every day. Readers of the Panda Bear Blog know that the Panda Bear has not been blogging every day.
It seems that to the Panda Bear that people are being told to well over a week's worth of (short) chores every day which probably should be done. However, there are not enough hours in the day to do them all. Also the Panda Bear does not always have the energy to do them all. She feels guilty about not being able to do everything and overwhelmed.
Seriously, one way the Panda Bear manages her daily to do list is by rotating things she needs to do on a daily basis. The Panda Bear thinks perfect is the enemy of the good. If she does some of the things on her daily to do list once or twice a month the Panda Bear is happy. The Panda Bear views her daily to do list as some abstract ideal which will never be obtained in reality but a cherished goal.
The Panda Bear knows that her readers or curious about the status of her bathroom repair. Well, the reader of the Panda Bear Blog will be surprised to know that it is being scheduled to start tomorrow. The Panda Bear has told her contractor that because of illness in the family, she has not had time to prepare her apartment the way she would like to but the contractor has assured the Panda Bear that this will not be a problem.
Many of the Panda Bear's friends think the Panda Bear will experience a sense of deep happiness and joy at having a new bathroom. The Panda Bear suspects that this is propaganda from various business interests that want us to consume. At most she expects she will feel some sense of accomplishment and relief at removing something from her to-do list.
Keep on reading The Panda Bear Blog to see if an updated bathroom makes the Panda Bear happy.
During these busy times the Panda Bear has been neglecting her daily to do list. She has not been exercising properly or writing down everything she eats. The kitchen sink has been filled with dishes She has not been decluttering her apartment. Some blogging and writing sites, say people who blog should be blogging every day. Readers of the Panda Bear Blog know that the Panda Bear has not been blogging every day.
It seems that to the Panda Bear that people are being told to well over a week's worth of (short) chores every day which probably should be done. However, there are not enough hours in the day to do them all. Also the Panda Bear does not always have the energy to do them all. She feels guilty about not being able to do everything and overwhelmed.
Seriously, one way the Panda Bear manages her daily to do list is by rotating things she needs to do on a daily basis. The Panda Bear thinks perfect is the enemy of the good. If she does some of the things on her daily to do list once or twice a month the Panda Bear is happy. The Panda Bear views her daily to do list as some abstract ideal which will never be obtained in reality but a cherished goal.
The Panda Bear knows that her readers or curious about the status of her bathroom repair. Well, the reader of the Panda Bear Blog will be surprised to know that it is being scheduled to start tomorrow. The Panda Bear has told her contractor that because of illness in the family, she has not had time to prepare her apartment the way she would like to but the contractor has assured the Panda Bear that this will not be a problem.
Many of the Panda Bear's friends think the Panda Bear will experience a sense of deep happiness and joy at having a new bathroom. The Panda Bear suspects that this is propaganda from various business interests that want us to consume. At most she expects she will feel some sense of accomplishment and relief at removing something from her to-do list.
Keep on reading The Panda Bear Blog to see if an updated bathroom makes the Panda Bear happy.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The Panda Bear on the Boston Marathon Tragedy and Written Verbal Warnings
The past few weeks have been more busy than usual for the Panda Bear. There has been some illnesses and a death in the Panda Bear's family. Some of the time the Panda Bear has been run down with the cold. The Panda Bear makes no claim that during this time that she was exercising properly or that her apartment was clean. She was so busy her resolve to keep in kitchen sink shiny has gone down the drain. Her life is in total disorder. Therefore, this blog post will be very short.
The Panda Bear was lived in the area that was in lockdown(told not to go out of their house) when the Boston area police was chasing suspect number two in the Boston Marathon shooting. The Panda Bear was not close enough to either the bombing or the chasing of the suspect to be scared for herself. However, she was frightened during the attacks of September 11, 2001 when she was working in the city of Boston.
Though she had no personal connection to either of the suspects, the Panda Bear feels sad that the younger brother turned against the United States. The Panda Bear believes that the younger brother experienced the United States at its most tolerant, welcoming and generous self. She was hearing several Americans citizens by birth complain that either they had or they knew other needy US citizens who applied for the kinds assistance that the suspect and his family received but they could not get it.
In addition, during the beginning of April the Panda Bear received a verbal warning from her supervisor at work which was then written up to be put in the Panda Bear's personnel file. The Panda Bear went to see Human Resources about the warning.
The Panda Bear asked Human Resources if the warning was verbal why was something written put into her personnel file. The Human Resources representative explained that what the supervisor was doing was writing down that she gave the Panda Bear a verbal warning.
This was not the first time that the Panda Bear received a verbal warning that was in writing in her work life. In her twenty-five year work history, on two separate occasions the Panda Bear received a verbal warning which was then put in writing. On both these occasions, the Panda Bear thought the supervisor was lying to her by saying the warning was verbal since the supervisors had put something down in writing which was to be put in the Panda Bear's personnel file.
Is it asking too much of US industry to make verbal warnings purely verbal so it does not hit the employee's personnel file? Or if the management feels like it needs to document everything to come up with different levels of written warnings? Is the Panda Bear the only employee to feel that her supervisor has lied to her by telling her the warning was verbal and the putting something in writing?
Anyway, one thing the Panda Bear was reprimanded for was being too creative in the decor of her desk. The Panda Bear took down some colorful cloth hangings from her cubicle. However, before the reader becomes too judgemental about the way the Panda Bear keeps her desk, please note that many people have signs on their desk about the importance of keeping calm including her supervisor. Apparently a lot of people at the Panda Bear's job feel under high amounts of stress and indicate it bywhat they have around their work space.
Another time the Panda Bear received a written verbal warning was when she called the managers of ganization communists in an e-mail. Apparently, in the opinion or her manager at the time that was the worst thing the Panda Bear could have called her superiors(what the Panda Bear meant is that the managers treated good workers and bad workers alike with no incentives for the employees to put in extra effort).
Dear readers-learn from the Panda Bear's mistakes. Never call your managers communists unless your managers think being a communist is a good thing(remember the Panda Bear Blog is an international blog and it has a Russian readership).
The Panda Bear was lived in the area that was in lockdown(told not to go out of their house) when the Boston area police was chasing suspect number two in the Boston Marathon shooting. The Panda Bear was not close enough to either the bombing or the chasing of the suspect to be scared for herself. However, she was frightened during the attacks of September 11, 2001 when she was working in the city of Boston.
Though she had no personal connection to either of the suspects, the Panda Bear feels sad that the younger brother turned against the United States. The Panda Bear believes that the younger brother experienced the United States at its most tolerant, welcoming and generous self. She was hearing several Americans citizens by birth complain that either they had or they knew other needy US citizens who applied for the kinds assistance that the suspect and his family received but they could not get it.
In addition, during the beginning of April the Panda Bear received a verbal warning from her supervisor at work which was then written up to be put in the Panda Bear's personnel file. The Panda Bear went to see Human Resources about the warning.
The Panda Bear asked Human Resources if the warning was verbal why was something written put into her personnel file. The Human Resources representative explained that what the supervisor was doing was writing down that she gave the Panda Bear a verbal warning.
This was not the first time that the Panda Bear received a verbal warning that was in writing in her work life. In her twenty-five year work history, on two separate occasions the Panda Bear received a verbal warning which was then put in writing. On both these occasions, the Panda Bear thought the supervisor was lying to her by saying the warning was verbal since the supervisors had put something down in writing which was to be put in the Panda Bear's personnel file.
Is it asking too much of US industry to make verbal warnings purely verbal so it does not hit the employee's personnel file? Or if the management feels like it needs to document everything to come up with different levels of written warnings? Is the Panda Bear the only employee to feel that her supervisor has lied to her by telling her the warning was verbal and the putting something in writing?
Anyway, one thing the Panda Bear was reprimanded for was being too creative in the decor of her desk. The Panda Bear took down some colorful cloth hangings from her cubicle. However, before the reader becomes too judgemental about the way the Panda Bear keeps her desk, please note that many people have signs on their desk about the importance of keeping calm including her supervisor. Apparently a lot of people at the Panda Bear's job feel under high amounts of stress and indicate it bywhat they have around their work space.
Another time the Panda Bear received a written verbal warning was when she called the managers of ganization communists in an e-mail. Apparently, in the opinion or her manager at the time that was the worst thing the Panda Bear could have called her superiors(what the Panda Bear meant is that the managers treated good workers and bad workers alike with no incentives for the employees to put in extra effort).
Dear readers-learn from the Panda Bear's mistakes. Never call your managers communists unless your managers think being a communist is a good thing(remember the Panda Bear Blog is an international blog and it has a Russian readership).
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