Listen to the man at the front

I'm with the poster of this gripe. The Sales people are blithering idiots. They dream up all kinds of so-called marketing schemes, without any consultation whatsoever with the other arms of the business. And they can kill a business in doing so. So many firms and organisations have gone under through the stupidity of these individuals.

The only way to prevent this kind of thing happening is if there was more democracy in an organisation, with the workers right to fire those in charge. Workers thorugh their pay packets are just as much "shareholders" as investors are. We have far too many dictatorships in the workplace, especially those from overseas where decisions are taken many thousands of miles away.

So what if its another hairbrained scheme?
You work for the company on the front line, business decisions are not your responsibility.
You are employed to do the job you are paid for, so it hasnt worked out - the comapny takes the hit and you still have a job. Those that make the big decisons have to suffer the consequences if it goes wrong. Just do the job your paid to do, sure you might think you could run the company better than them just like every sports fan knows how to pick a better football team than the current England Manager.
Dont worry about - its just another chance to run down the company at tea break - if you dont like it you could always get another job...

Steal,

At least your an honest MD. You started your own business with no qualifications,and employ non educated people. Not like these MD's who come in from the cold and THINK they know how to "split the atom"

I know of a person,who was a barristers clerk, and went into the managers job of a horticultural firm.He got the job because his WIFE was MD, now she Knows the job inside out, but him, he didn't know a lawn mower from a sheep.

Needless to say, sales fell off, and OTHERS got the blame.Until they realized who was pulling strings.

Joe, Im a MD of a business I started, and I have no degree, no qualifications, just a passion. I have had degree people working for me I have had people that failed school. and I can tell you, the people with degrees are more blinded by figures and £, and miss the point completely..

Amazing how the 'guys on the shop floor', whether doing a manual or skilled job, always think they know how to run a multi-million pound opertaion better that the execs. Instead of spending tens/hundreds of thousands on recruiting MBAs and Chartered Accountants, for a fraction of the price the RAC/AA could just ask a mechanic to be CEO, the Post Office could ask one of the counter staff to head the operation and the Water Companies could just get a plumber to run the company. Actually, scrap the last - at the rip-off prices plumbers charge, being CEO would probably mean taking a pay cut.

I used to work in the sales department of the RAC.. and I totally agree with this gripe!! they dont know there ass from the elbow the managment.

The said story of Temp. memebership used to give me headaches beyond belief.. theres also another thing called a WILL JOIN, and its an inflated price of the standerd membership, to people that have broken down and need assistance but werent members, but the 48hr comes into play in this too.
Break down companies are run by sales man, not service orientated people.

I lost my job because they shiped out the jobs to india.. another bright idea from the amoebas..

Is this common knowledge?.

We ALL know them at the "white/blue" collar and tie brigade always know more than the shop floor worker.

Take the "Utility Companies" Those on Thousands a week make all the decisions, and know nothing at all about maintainance, repairs, and most of all CUSTOMER Satisfaction. They just sit there knowing their bank balance is growing, while sitting on the a*ses, trying to make a decision, or how to F*ck the secretary.