Sigh. I'm home. This job is getting unnecessarily emotionally taxing. Although I would rather stay, I might have to consider leaving if the situation in our program does not improve soon. It's been almost a year since this account has started. People have matured and have become more aware of how things are done -- and accept it! Sadly, one essential thing is lacking. Respect.
These people are good. They are skilled and very good at what they do. Now if management can just effectively harness that massive pool of talent and experience, this will be a team to reckon with. The thing is, with the way things are going now, the people in our team aren't even getting the respect they deserve. Management has been making an awful lot of thoughtless, knee-jerk decisions that affect the health and morale of the team.
Of course I have made them aware of the situation, being part of the management team myself, but they have the same set of excuses -- "business needs," employee handbook, labor code -- which I honestly don't buy anymore. While it's all well and good we're following a system to keep things in check, it's still important that the people who are working for you are happy.
I'm proud and honored and humbled to say that the people in my team are my friends. I trust them completely and I'm glad to know they trust me and the decisions I make for them. If only we can have the same quality of trust and faith in the people who make the bigger decisions for us, then maybe we can be happier with the work that we're doing, and people will stay.
