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Yes. Teams is good when you are in a meeting with a trusted, like minded person, and you have contests on if you can make the other crack a smile of laugh @ $1 a pop. Great side-hustle.

Best Practices has been in the midwestern vernacular since the early 2011. So it was likely a early 2000's phenomenon in New York and L.A.

In my experience, it was used predominately by Directors and VPs and strongly suggested course of action, without making a directive. It gives them wriggle room so they aren't accountable for unforeseen circumstances the BP may create.

Also gives them the ticket to come down on subordinates not hitting goals because of any variation from the Best Practice. Also shortens future compensation percentages for those not following.

Even more fun if you don't follow the BP, find a better, more profitable approach. Then you get points for Outside the Box thinking, and an Exceeds Expectations rating, at the cost of the people who followed the flawed, BP approach.

Then the Directors/VP take what you did, take credit themselves.

Corporate PTSD (rocking back and forth, mumbling to myself)... Create Value Streams & Economies of Scale! SHIFT THE PARADIGM!!

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Our Corporate Trainer was based out of Minnesota and remember her using "Best practices" as part of her spiel somewhere around the early 2010s. And yah, iffin' the sales reps didn't follow BP to the "T" and didn't close the deal then it was our fault for missing a step (...or two, 3...). Iffin' you missed out on too many deals, there was always the threat of having to undergo "rehabilitative" training.

Yup, life in Corporate America sucked, big time!

they can meet all they want.
sales pay for all of it.

It's Microsoft, so I have problems with it - the main thing being that it pops up whenever I go on a Zoom meeting.

Jones - I hear it's best practices not to dive alone.

We had 99 people on this one….we’re short handed so as the designated “fixer” I got volunteered. One person asked a question and it was followed by a corporate compliance officer answer with a lot of words that meant nothing nor answered the question. Thankfully I’m smart enough to call in audio and have disabled my camera….my laughs wouldn’t have gone over well. God bless mute.

We’re dealing with a manufacturer recall nationwide and now at this juncture we’re partnered with the manufacturer to handle end user replacements. It’s a logistical nightmare in time, paperwork and documentation for something we didn’t cause nor are we getting paid for at this point. And then after the meeting I get told our satellite guy got his fuel lines cut by a (I’m assuming) druggie…..now I got to work out moving a rig to him 80 miles away. And the part might be backordered with Ford. Joy.

Pretty sure Tripod is more of an Anita Ward type….

you sure she wasn't gonna Circle Back on that?
Maybe she took Neptune's orbit...?

Frank = LLOYD BRAUN

I'm all in.

Sales always feels like they are the center of the universe.

Here on earth logistics and efficient processes make things and money happen. I appreciate sales, when they have a ****ing clue what they’re saying to a referral and don’t write promissory checks their azz isn’t going to cash.

Sociopaths are drawn to sales, just saying.

Frank I thought by reading this thread you would be a YUGE Cheeto fan. Love ya buddy

She should have Tabled That because it was Outside of Scope.

I hear Frank has a great source for imported chewing gum.

8track is wanting us to take a black belt to him.

Spey this one the number and time involved was necessary because of gov compliance. I can’t lose my status as a third party Gov contractor, I enjoy accessing Hut surveillance field reports too much.

Teams is invasive and mind numbing, and too many meetings destroy any real productivity. Best practice would be to just get some fuggin work done

You’ll get eye rolls an Okay, Boomer commentary.

That term is like 10-15 years old and was so pervasive it made me sick. It has no singular defined meaning or action in any context. I always prefer the "golden rules": 1) Do unto others a s you would wish they would do unto you; and 2) He who has e the gold makes the rules (kind of just kidding).

And despite (roughly) 10 hours spent away from your real job, Corporate still expects you to do your 40 hours (…or more…) at your regular position too.

Lloyd BRAUN