Not a Team Player

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I just caught the tail end of a CNN report about a new book about "teamwork" based on some research done at a university(wish I could be more specific but I only caught part of storey)

The bottom line though was that many companys are harming themselves by valueing the concept of "teamwork" being more important then individuality and creativity!!!The study found that groups that focused on "teamwork" did not create as creative ideas and solutions to problems as groups that valued independent thought.

One of the ironys of CNN report of this story was that the "reporters" wanted to argue with the scientist in favor of "teamwork" mentality....they used the example of the "rogue individualist" who they referred to as a "jerk" who speaks up in meetings and disagrees with the group>This mindset explanes why so many news programs suck!!!The response of the researcher is that the problem might be in the "group" labeling this individual as a jerk instead of useing the opportunity to debate the issues the person brought up and give them a chance to "think out side the box"Yeaaahhh...aspie friendly researcher.To bad the bosses who run many business(inot the grounds many times)are stuck in their NT reality.....they promote group think which comes naturally for them and deppreciate the skills they lack....creativity and individuality....oh well, doesnt look like much changes from highschool where the bullies and jocks got to make all the rules.

Bizarre, it's very likely that this boss is deliberately trying to get rid of you and make it look like there is something wrong with you. Keep track of what he says and does. This thing about going and asking if there is anything special is a totally bogus requirement.

Well i sent my rebuttal to my boss and his seceretary called and wanted to set up an appt to discuss it with him. But i told her that i wanted to have a union rep with me. I also talked to my union rep and i sent her a copy of my evaluation and rebuttal letter. She told me she discussed it with the head union lady and they both thought it was very well written. She told me i could either have a meeting with represetation or they would just send a memo. I told them my boss said he wanted a meeting. So she called 3x and now my boss is saying no meeting is necessary.

He sent me a memo saying that they attached my rebuttal letter to the evaluation and put it in my file. I talked to my union rep again and i told her i want a meeting because i want him to take the probation off. She said i don't know why you are even on probation. So she calls his office again to set up a meeting and they said no meeting is necessary again. So now she is really mad and she is going to file a grievance as it is against the union contract to refuse a meeting with representation after a unsatifactory evaluation.

Well i think he doesn't want to have a meeting now because i want to have a union rep with me. He knows he is wrong and will have to explain himself. He thought he could intimidate me if i went to the meeting by myself. I just hope this means he will have no choice but to take me off the probation.

Good for you!! !!I am so happy to see someone standing up for themselves.I really hope it pays off....it is always nice to put a bully in there place and if no one does, his behavior will just continue.

I don't know very much about this (which is pretty odd all things considered, what with my video game obsession...), but Nintendo when it was starting up had a division that was dedicated basically to insanity.

Come up with all sorts of weird innovative ideas, and see what seemed to work.

This probably more than anything else was in many ways responsible for Nintendo's success.


Why do I bring this up? Because I'm saying it's still possible to work on a team, and still have room for creativity.

It is quite possible for us to work on a team, if we are allowed to, and we put in the effort to communicate with others.

Bizarre is simply being attacked by a parasite boss. I doubt that he is having any trouble with his coworkers or his work. The boss wants to do something, maybe just get rid of something that makes his so-called brain itch. We don't have to consider every judgement made by every such nit-nat to be valid. He is just one of that endless supply of people who climbed the ladder however they did to their level of incompetence.

The phony probation is a poorly disguised device to harass the worker, distract him from his job, hurt his moral, and eventually compromise his competence enough to make him actually unable to perform his job. OK, so I've been through this kind of thing more than once and it might seem like it's somehow my fault, but believe me, I know that there are people who are that predatory and who only need vulnerability for provocation.