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Hope that TC is getting it seriously, because it is. Very.
But in the country ruled only by one man, who has the power over your life and death and you can't do a **** about it, fear policy will always take its place in human relations.
Where there's a fear, bold and smart people don't stay. Fear works only for poltroons and those who know that they can't find a better job.
Bottom line, EK is in the crisis caused by constant negative selection. All of the people who had different opinion and fought for EK to implement approach different than "never question your senior, shut up and do as you are told or you will be sacked" are long gone.
Middle and even high management (HR management, for example) hide the real state of the company. Some of them are doing it because they know that they can't perform better and yet they are taking huge money for their "work", others (like HRM) are just hiding the fact that they are lost in their human resource management.
Something must be done fast and survey will help, but not as much as going back to the ground, hold the horses and look at your managers. Who are they, what reports they are writing and what the hell are they doing in the company? What is their contribution and what are their tasks?
After you do that, you say thank you and goodbye to underachievers and you hire new HR managers and recruiters first. You mostly don't need to hire new managers because sacked ones did almost nothing any ways. But you need to hire some people with integrity and spine. People who are not afraid to get into a conflict for an idea or a different approach.
Then you protect your staff by raising their salaries and treating them like human beings. You have to enable some new policies for that and you have to ensure that old policies are not violated, because now they usually are. You have to stop discrimination by religion and passport. Once employed, people are company's people, not strangers or citizen's of another countries primarily.
Company is a big team of people working together, not a bunch of people hating each other's guts because of a darker or lighter skin, religion or passport.
When you do that, form internal audit department and put some honest people there. If there are no laws to protect people and managers are massively violating internal manuals, make a department which will protect your staff objectively and without prejudices.
But, first of all, comprehend and acknowledge your problem and the fact that the managers whom you keep in the company because of some favour or because they are your friends, are not preforming well. They are taking salaries for absolutely nothing. And people who do work hard are treated like ****. Give it a long, hard thought and apologize to everyone who got hurt by your managers' ruthless behaviour. Apologize for being an asshole and rise from the ashes again. In a sustainable manner, this time. Don't waste money and don't put wasta managers on high positions. Be aware that growth can kill your company if there is nobody to manage it.
UAE wants to be a modern country with modern companies. If they want to achieve this goal, they have to give up of a "one man show" concept and accept the opposition and critiques as welcome and necessary, because they make you stronger, they point out your weak spots and they actually help you to grow healthy. Killing all the opposition brought Emirates where they are today - a dictatorship company, with scared, mousey managers, who have no real integrity to lead such a huge company.
But in the country ruled only by one man, who has the power over your life and death and you can't do a **** about it, fear policy will always take its place in human relations.
Where there's a fear, bold and smart people don't stay. Fear works only for poltroons and those who know that they can't find a better job.
Bottom line, EK is in the crisis caused by constant negative selection. All of the people who had different opinion and fought for EK to implement approach different than "never question your senior, shut up and do as you are told or you will be sacked" are long gone.
Middle and even high management (HR management, for example) hide the real state of the company. Some of them are doing it because they know that they can't perform better and yet they are taking huge money for their "work", others (like HRM) are just hiding the fact that they are lost in their human resource management.
Something must be done fast and survey will help, but not as much as going back to the ground, hold the horses and look at your managers. Who are they, what reports they are writing and what the hell are they doing in the company? What is their contribution and what are their tasks?
After you do that, you say thank you and goodbye to underachievers and you hire new HR managers and recruiters first. You mostly don't need to hire new managers because sacked ones did almost nothing any ways. But you need to hire some people with integrity and spine. People who are not afraid to get into a conflict for an idea or a different approach.
Then you protect your staff by raising their salaries and treating them like human beings. You have to enable some new policies for that and you have to ensure that old policies are not violated, because now they usually are. You have to stop discrimination by religion and passport. Once employed, people are company's people, not strangers or citizen's of another countries primarily.
Company is a big team of people working together, not a bunch of people hating each other's guts because of a darker or lighter skin, religion or passport.
When you do that, form internal audit department and put some honest people there. If there are no laws to protect people and managers are massively violating internal manuals, make a department which will protect your staff objectively and without prejudices.
But, first of all, comprehend and acknowledge your problem and the fact that the managers whom you keep in the company because of some favour or because they are your friends, are not preforming well. They are taking salaries for absolutely nothing. And people who do work hard are treated like ****. Give it a long, hard thought and apologize to everyone who got hurt by your managers' ruthless behaviour. Apologize for being an asshole and rise from the ashes again. In a sustainable manner, this time. Don't waste money and don't put wasta managers on high positions. Be aware that growth can kill your company if there is nobody to manage it.
UAE wants to be a modern country with modern companies. If they want to achieve this goal, they have to give up of a "one man show" concept and accept the opposition and critiques as welcome and necessary, because they make you stronger, they point out your weak spots and they actually help you to grow healthy. Killing all the opposition brought Emirates where they are today - a dictatorship company, with scared, mousey managers, who have no real integrity to lead such a huge company.
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Lets take a look at what will actually happen:
The company will sack or relocate a few expat managers and replace them with locals in keeping with the "Emiratization" program. Then of course everything will get better...right?
Evidently, the company makes tons upon tons of money so it must be doing everything right, there are millions of pretty boys and girls who are happy to wear the uniform for 2-3 years then remove themselves from the employ of the company before their asses get too big...pilots are the same except they hang in for 3-7 years.
Heard all this crap time and time again but I "strongly disagree" there will be any change.
The company will sack or relocate a few expat managers and replace them with locals in keeping with the "Emiratization" program. Then of course everything will get better...right?
Evidently, the company makes tons upon tons of money so it must be doing everything right, there are millions of pretty boys and girls who are happy to wear the uniform for 2-3 years then remove themselves from the employ of the company before their asses get too big...pilots are the same except they hang in for 3-7 years.
Heard all this crap time and time again but I "strongly disagree" there will be any change.
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No matter how shiny the gold trim might be in the aircraft and the terminals, it's all worth "nada" if those that are the machine (the employees) do not make it work well. Any companys biggest investment is its employees as all the infrastructure is worthless junk without them.
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Hi Laker,
TC's treatment of EK staff has been discussed in so many different places in this forum that I will leave it to others to decide if he and EK Management are disrespectful or not. Given the number of people whose lives are affected by those decisions, I don't think you will find many fans.
Sorry, but I try to construct sentences with the correct use of grammar, punctuation and spelling. I made a valid point on the post you refer to in relation to spelling. I replied and put a sarcastic comment. I state again there are loads of great things in the US.
I agree with you, friend, that we should try to respect each other. However, to compare a post on pprune to what TC and the boys do to us is stretching it a bit.
TC's treatment of EK staff has been discussed in so many different places in this forum that I will leave it to others to decide if he and EK Management are disrespectful or not. Given the number of people whose lives are affected by those decisions, I don't think you will find many fans.
Sorry, but I try to construct sentences with the correct use of grammar, punctuation and spelling. I made a valid point on the post you refer to in relation to spelling. I replied and put a sarcastic comment. I state again there are loads of great things in the US.
I agree with you, friend, that we should try to respect each other. However, to compare a post on pprune to what TC and the boys do to us is stretching it a bit.
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Bottom line, EK is in the crisis caused by constant negative selection. All of the people who had different opinion and fought for EK to implement approach different than "never question your senior, shut up and do as you are told or you will be sacked" are long gone.
Yes we all do it occasionally but it should never be your sole reaction as it has become for many SVPs and up. Perhaps those above don't want to hear options and then make a reasoned decision with full facts at hand but that is no reason for not doing your job and providing them. Every time I get in a lift I see various flyers about investing in people, safety is everyone's responsibility etc. well let's do it, we need actions not platitudes or it is all an illusion.
Nikita a beautiful piece of prose!
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