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Tonight is another night out, meeting up with colleagues from The Minnow [1]. We're six years out from the merger, and there are colleagues The Whale didn't take, colleagues The Whale laid off, and a smattering of us who remain. It feels odd to know that i've been working for The Whale longer than i worked for The Minnow. If i stay at the Whale, i suppose i'll get to a point where it will feel odd to know i have had other managers than DRR for as long as i have.
The Minnow and its people have been good to me, shaping me.
I'm listening to a book on management, "The Orange Revolution," and one thing that i do note is that despite some of the dysfunction i whine about incessantly, i might be in a much better place than average.
( reflection )
The Whale wins "Best Place to Work" awards fairly consistently and our "employee engagement scores" are high. I think there are likely some extreme variations, and i know some of the more miserable folks. "Best Place to Work" for technical staff does not translate to the same for customer service staff, for example. "Best Place to Work In Ohio" doesn't mean much to a Californian. Still - there's an effort to do things in a way that is good for staff.
I'm thankful for that, and it's one of the reasons i hesitate so on leaving.
[1] The Minnow is my blog name for the company i worked for 2001-06, which had roughly 100 staff and did the same work as the order of magnitude larger company i work for now, only doing it for the Special Libraries -- those at research universities, national libraries, museums and archives. The "merger" didn't feel like a "merger" but like being swallowed.
The Minnow and its people have been good to me, shaping me.
I'm listening to a book on management, "The Orange Revolution," and one thing that i do note is that despite some of the dysfunction i whine about incessantly, i might be in a much better place than average.
( reflection )The Whale wins "Best Place to Work" awards fairly consistently and our "employee engagement scores" are high. I think there are likely some extreme variations, and i know some of the more miserable folks. "Best Place to Work" for technical staff does not translate to the same for customer service staff, for example. "Best Place to Work In Ohio" doesn't mean much to a Californian. Still - there's an effort to do things in a way that is good for staff.
I'm thankful for that, and it's one of the reasons i hesitate so on leaving.
[1] The Minnow is my blog name for the company i worked for 2001-06, which had roughly 100 staff and did the same work as the order of magnitude larger company i work for now, only doing it for the Special Libraries -- those at research universities, national libraries, museums and archives. The "merger" didn't feel like a "merger" but like being swallowed.
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