Tony_Tarantula on 1/8/2014 at 13:20
It's extremely common terminology. The reason I'm surprised is that if you say "PM" to literally ANYONE with experience in management, or even just an undergraduate business degree, they'll know what you're talking about.
PM = Project Management.
GS= General Schedule. It means you're on the Federal wage scale. Once again, literally ANYONE who has ever worked for the government will know what that means. I'm fairly surprised that nobody here caught either acronym. To my mind it's kind of like when you say POA, PR, or YTD. Those acronyms are used so commonly that you're fairly safe assuming that everyone's going to know what they mean.
My advantage at the moment is that I work for an independent firm, companies outsource PM requirements to us. While as a GS you're in the middle of a political bureaucracy, working for an outside firm I have the luxury of looking in from the outside.
The more pessimistic view of office politics is generally true of corporate environments. It's ridiculous how large a role office politics plays, and many bosses actively facilitate a political work environment and play favorites....and the impression I got was that they believe it's going to result in employees that are sycophantic and more compliant. They never really develop a professional competence and frequently overlook details that come back to bite them in the ass later. While what goes around does come around, they tend to take a lot of people with them once it blows up in their faces. For example closing an under-performing branch office will cause a lot more people than just the boss to lose their jobs.
dj_ivocha on 1/8/2014 at 14:12
Quote Posted by Tony_Tarantula
Once again, literally ANYONE who has ever worked for the government will know what that means.
All the government employees in this forum are so dumb for not knowing what that means... geez :rolleyes:
If I saw a girl with a nice Piece Of Ass yesterday, I'd Probably Remember. Speaking of remembering, you forgot two letters in your abbreviation of You're The Man Now, Dog. Just sayin'.
nicked on 1/8/2014 at 14:40
I think you'll find he's clearly referring to a Yodelling Twat Disco.
faetal on 1/8/2014 at 14:50
Tony, you are hard work.
DDL on 1/8/2014 at 14:53
Wait, shit. Isn't TTLG an acryonym?
DON'T WE ALL LOOK DUMB NOW
In other news, "membership of TTLG not restricted to former management-level employees of the American federal government" SHOCKER.
SubJeff on 1/8/2014 at 15:19
No one outside of the US had heard of GS you idiot. Take your blinkers off.
Thirith on 1/8/2014 at 15:31
Also, since when is Project Management a sector? You get that across all sectors, private or public. It may have a different, much more specific meaning outside Europe for all I know, but basically, Tony: learn to fucking communicate, 'kay?
Thor on 1/8/2014 at 16:01
Okay, okay, no need to be mean about it anymore. :p
He just had the wrong idea of what this place is (not sure why he'd think everyone here has an education in business/economics or whatever but shit happens, right?).
Edit: Okay, I +1 with Thirith. Good point.
EditEdit: But please, keep posting. I don't wanna be the one to kill this thread.
Unclaimed Channel on 1/8/2014 at 16:21
The Original Poster could sign a *petition* or report the matter to his *superiors*/*higher colleagues*.
The problem may lie that he took "over another one's responsibility", working on the report. Everyone has his fair share of work and going beyond it will make one more competent than another. Once it happens so, some politics in place may not hold and the *management* cannot do his own ways. There may be a few people that are given work only so they do something but have no place here.
Let's read Peter Principle together. :D
Tony_Tarantula on 1/8/2014 at 17:32
Quote Posted by Thirith
Also, since when is Project Management a sector? You get that across all sectors, private or public. It may have a different, much more specific meaning outside Europe for all I know, but basically, Tony: learn to fucking communicate, 'kay?
The same way that "marketing" is a specific field. It's used in every type of business, but requires it's own skills. Here in the US both are become somewhat their own "sectors" due to outsourcing. Many companies prefer to hire an outside firm to perform those activities rather than set up an in-house department.
