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You're evading my questions... > No, being the boss is your superpower Ok so how exactly do I do this? That's what I'm asking. I'm trying to get your concret

• win311fwg 3mo ago
  > trump-approval-tracker Keep in mind that Trump was hired by the slate of electors you chose to hire. You did not choose him yourself. While ultimately all employees in your business are your responsibility, it is best for you to focus on the high ranking individuals, not the low-rung peons that are doing the busywork. First step is to call up the middle manager electors you hired directly and ask "What the hell?" They can worry about pushing things forward after that. Your role is to lead, not do everything. In addition, you also directly hired a representative and a senator, tasked with keeping the rank and file employee in line. If they are not doing that, you also need to call them up and ask "What the hell?" If the phone is not your thing, visit their office. You are paying good money as their employer to give them an office. Don't be afraid to step foot in it. Your company directory gives the office location and phone number, in case your memory happens to be short and you've forgotten how to contact the person you hired already. From there, it is a case by case basis. Every employee is going to have their own quirks and you have to learn how to work with them. But, I mean, they're just regular humans. You treat them like you would any other employee. If you owned a McDonalds location, you'd have to deal with imperfect humans just the same. This is no different. If all this still is beyond your grasp, community colleges typically have management courses you can enrol in. Jumping straight in and doing it is usually the best way to learn, however. You might look like a fool the first time you engage with your employees, but who cares? By next year you'll be a seasoned pro. Best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, but the second best time is now.
  • thunky 3mo ago
    > If all this still is beyond your grasp, community colleges typically have management courses you can enrol in You're taking this analogy too far. Managing an employee is not like electing a representative. We're not describing a boss-employee relationship here. This motivational talk of "you have a superpower" and "you're the boss" all boiled down to one piece of concrete advice you gave: "call your representative". You've not given me anything else I can do with my high level management skills. I admire your optimism, but I think we have enough evidence at this point to know that this is just not going to do it.
    • win311fwg 3mo ago
      > Managing an employee is not like electing a representative. We're not describing a boss-employee relationship here. Quite literally we are. I know it may not feel like it if you are accustomed to sitting back and letting the world crumble around you, but you are electing someone to work for you. What would the voting process be for if you didn't need anyone to do your bidding? Most importantly, why are you putting the elected on the payroll if you don't need them to work for you? Were you under the impression that they work for free? > I think we have enough evidence at this point to know that this is just not going to do it. If you don't like being called the boss, there's another word we use to describe participating in democracy: Lobbying. I think we can reasonably conclude that it does work because those who push a dictatorial agenda always cry about how the lobbyists (i.e. those who take time to talk to the workers) actually get things done — just not the things they imagine would get done if there was one all knowing, all powerful supreme dictator. Plus we know it works because we can see it in every other walk of life. The people don't become space aliens when the word government is thrown into the mix. People are people are people. I get this desire for magic, but magic doesn't exist.
      • thunky 3mo ago
        > there's another word we use to describe participating in democracy: Lobbying And there's another word we can use to describe Lobbying: Bribery. Lobbying is a (corrupt) industry and I'm not a participant in it, so unfortunately I'm still down to "call your representative". The system really doesn't work as you say. Representatives don't respond to what their constituents want. They respond to money and and power. That's not democracy.