The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

sadly, i think there are no people, having the guts to revolt, left. this letter was preparing people for lay-off’s methinks. management by fear. works for non-adland very well already. and if in doubt about who is responsible for you being fired, it s not the economic situation or mis-management. it s yourself, because you were having no clue what you were doing. you just deserve being fired.

did you watch dirty dancing lately, sir dodds? 🙂

so the question peggy, is – would you rather be fired because of the economy – which is beyond your control – or fired because you were shit at your job – which is within your control. One you can absolve yourself from blame but feel powerless, the other you are totally responsible but get to be filled with self recrimination and loathing. it reminds me of the question – if you were up to your neck in a swimming pool full of diarrhea and someone throws a bucket of sick at you – do you duck?
to be fair – if you read the rest of the ogilvy letter, he does dish out some praise and point some of the blame at the senior team – back in Blighty it would just be described as a well needed kick up the bum, but then again we’ve got thick skins (i think we have thatcher to thank for that)- I imagine the effect of public dressing down on the Asian psyche would be more drastic. personally any feedback would be good – I feel like I live in a bubble

Before anyone starts aasking if TB Song is a midget and is simply acting out the “small man disease” cliche, I am vertically challenged AND I DON’T ACT LIKE A FUCKING PRICK, ALRIGHT?

Crazy. He says they don’t understand the consumer, but clearly he has no understanding of workers.

hey doddsy, not knowing lee from a bar of soap, surely it would be, ‘well, do ya? punk?’

scary that ‘we have become lazy and proud’ are still words that ignite fear into the heart of the chinese. i’m sure they featured heavily in chairman m’s speeches towards a cultural revolution.

i think that being good or bad at your job is somewhat out of control in a big corporation (adland or not) anyway mr mcg. you follow rules and processes you usually not created yourself. people above you made them to control what and how you do it. i m not saying that rules and processes are bad in general. but it certainly can be too much and too tight. after some time, you become obedient to all that trying not to do anything wrong and function within the framework… so who is responsible?
to be honest, i had read the email before. what i found interesting is that the pr team is praised for exceeding their targets. i was just wondering what their targets in 2008 had been. anyway… for that swimming pool issue. (btw, i haven t heard that question before). point is not getting in there in the first place! i doubt i would duck. doesn t really matter anymore if you are already in there what else is thrown at you.