> higher quality of person. Few if any self aggrandizing shit-heels�
> Unfortunately, not the case� Plenty of people there are "out to
> improve the human condition", but your full complement of jeark-off's
> still shows up there too.
>
> A lot of the "clinicians"...the people in direct patient contact are great
> and well motivated...but the administrators, the people who "rise" to the
> levels above mid management are absolutely horrible quite often. I was
> always amused that we would be advising and counseling patients to accept
> responsibility for their recovery, admit when they were wrong and take
> control of their lives. Then, we would go to some kind of training and be
> told, "never admit you are wrong.....talk to the attorney first....always
> have a set of reasons why you did something"....total contradictions in what
> the system knew and accepted was the right way to live and how they planned
> to conduct business. I actually think I lasted quite a few years longer at
> this one place because I knew too much. Some things had gone down that I
> was very aware of and I think they felt they had no choice but to keep me or
> kill me. When they closed entire units they always found a job for me and
> usually let me do something I wanted to do...that was after some incredible
> discoveries on my part. A very interesting experience...but always knew
> they could not be trusted. In some of the very high end specialties doctors
> sometimes take control and it is not as bad...but the "health
> administrators" usually mean "witholders of services...ways to cut
> corners....not really do the job"....you were quite correct in your
> analysis. And education...that was already a lost cause when I left it long
> ago...spent my last years in education and coaching at a parochial school.
> Better...but still nuts.- Hide quoted text -
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in business, people rise to the top for two reasons most of the
time... in a well run and managed organization, people rise to
leadership positions because they are qualified and they worked very
hard. in snake pits, the people that come into power usually do so
because they are the most likely to have no reservations about swiming
along with a culture of corruption and being oppertunistic even if
their actions are destructive and counter productive. it's classic...
all of us have seen it. i work for a major manufacturer and service
large accounts. over the years, i have formed long standing and close
relationships with people that work for the businesses that I sell
to. they include small, medium and fortune 500 companies... i hear
all sorts of stories all the time. most people are fair and
productive, but there is always the case of the man/woman that worms
their way into a position of power and causes all sorts of problems
because they are horrible people and horrible at their position. those
types always have their bag of dirty tricks to harm people that
protest against their mal administration.