I've been doing a lot of efficiency improvement, but sometimes I get a blow to my importance - someone's efficiency grows by itself. No, it happens, of course, that everything is understandable - a person gets caught - well done, works, tries, changes something in his approaches and philosophy, so I learn from him what I can.
And it happens - bam! - and nothing is clear. Here efficiency grows, and the reasons are not clear. You look - like, a person, like a person. Or a process as a process. Nothing special. And the results suck.
And the secret is revealed in the kitchen. And there everything, damn it, is not easy. I offer you a few riddles of efficiency. With clues wrapped in spoilers. Whether it is not enough, suddenly it is interesting.
trainee
There was a girl in one office. Young, pretty, just from college. She came as an intern, developed for a couple of months according to the general program, showed average results - like everyone else.
And then something happened. She suddenly began to give out performance, almost equal to what experienced programmers did.
What is interesting is that she also had a structure of work, almost like that of experienced ones. Usually interns are thrown into all sorts of nonsense - small boring jobs that smart guys canβt take on with their hands. And here - such normal tasks, on serious projects.
And the worst part is, she got it right. Whatever the task - well, not to say that itβs a direct success and a hall of fame, but everything was done, on time, neatly, thereβs nothing to complain about.
And then once - and failure. All lost performance. Dropped 2-3 times. On the face of it, nothing has changed. Those interns who came with her have already grown into decent specialists, and are the pride of the company. And our heroine, somehow, it seems, can do something, but somehow she just canβt reach her previous performance.
What do you think?
Owner
One owner had a manufacturing enterprise. Everything somehow went on, developed - not to say that itβs just gorgeous, but no worse than others. Normally it went like this.
And then suddenly everything changed. Several directions were sharply trampled at once - sales, production, supply, development of new products. Just so dramatically that the company began to grow twice every year.
Of the visible changes, only the dismissal of the director. Kicked out, but did not appoint a new one. It seems like he performed his functions himself, he was not looking for a new one.
Yes, but in other areas - for example, finance, accounting, economists - there were no changes.
What do you think?
Programmer in the corner
There was a programmer at the factory. Really in the corner - not seen, not heard. He sits to himself, performs tasks. But somehow strange.
The solution to any of her problems appeared approximately at the appointed time. Well, everyone seems to be like that, but there were no intermediate results. The rest of the programmers, at least as part of the tests, threw in their code in order to drive on almost real data, but not here. Immediately ready code, and right on time.
And, strangely, the code is always in a different style. But always consistent with what others have already written.
What do you think? Well, it's simple.
strange aunt
Aunt was the financial director of a large manufacturing enterprise. And at this enterprise, such areas as economics and finance simply miraculously developed.
There were several departments subordinate to my aunt - accounting, finance, economists and, oddly enough, IT. But the amazing growth was only in the financial and economic department.
Another oddity: all the departments subordinate to my aunt were led by men. But only 2 out of 4 departments worked smartly.
What do you think?
Okay, now the clues.
RiddlesHave you read riddles? Thought?
trainee
Everything is simple. Either by accident or intentionally, but the girl very quickly met two team leads, who were also called technical leads - in short, two dudes who were good at cutting the technical side of the issue. Both led development teams, both owned project tasks.
And somehow it so happened that both ... Well, not that they fell for her, but they began to experience some strange attachment. The intern helped them with this.
What is important: she was an intern in another department, she had her own boss, to whom she had to contact with questions. Although, the rules did not prohibit contacting these guys.
Well, she applied. This one will come, sigh, like nothing happens. If they help right away, he jumps straight, claps his hands, expresses puppy delight. And when they help - crumbles in gratitude.
If they donβt help - well, they say, thereβs no time, come on later - he will make the eyes of a sad cat, go to his place and lie on the table. Pictured so you can see. And her table was located on the way to the kitchen, where both guys poured coffee for themselves.
Once one of them passes, it lies. The second time - lies. Sorry girl, stop, help.
And then a miracle happened in general - one noticed that the second was helping. Then the second noticed that the first was helping.
And the guys started to compete. The trainee is like a competition ground. One says - this is how it should be done, the other - in a different way. Moreover, as soon as the other passed by, the one who helped ran away. Like in Fight Club.
The situation developed into a stalemate - both say different things, but somehow it is necessary to do something. And the intern came up with - you, she says, write as it should, otherwise Iβm so poor aaaaaaaaaaa, I canβt do anything, and then oooooon will come, and everything is cursed aaaaaaaaaaa.
The guys started writing code for her. First at her workplace, then at his own. And she just got the finished result. The guys competed with each other. And the trainee got the result.
Yes, both guys later admitted that they bribed some kind of smell. Other girls said that it was bath foam with the smell of iris, from Auchan, for 350 rubles.
And it all ended when the guys, at one of the corporate parties, talked heart to heart. And they understood everything. Well, they stopped helping her.
Owner
Everything is simple here. There was such a structure: a director (some kind of man), and under him three deputies - a commercial director (for sales), a financial director (finance, accounting, economists) and I donβt remember what the director was called (production, supply, design development).
The man who was the director had, as the Western media wrote about the former Russian Prime Minister Zubkov, the appeal of wet cardboard. And the owner almost did not appear at the enterprise, completely trusting the operational and tactical management to the director.
Then it turned out that in vain he trusted the director so much, and he fired the peasant. He began to lead himself.
And the owner is a real sweetie. And handsome, and young, and smart (really), and smartly dressed, and knows how to speak, and create / maintain / develop relationships, and successful, and interesting, and simple ... Well, in short, βOh God, what a man!β .
Well, then the alignment is clear. The owner, as expected, did not say anything about filling the vacant position of director, i.e. did not announce something like βwhich of you girls will work better, he will become the director.β Silence on this score, silence.
But everyone understood that there was a vacancy. He is not the right owner to poke around in operational management, he is a strategist, an entrepreneur by nature. Well, a man anyway. Even though he's married.
So, two of the three female directors (and they were from 30 to 35) rushed sharply. One is in sales, the other is in everything related to the internal efficiency of the business. They rushed so hard that there was only noise.
Moreover, due to different specifics, they rushed in different directions. One is inward - into production, RnD, supply optimization, and the other is outward, new markets, countries, people. But they did not interfere with each other, and even helped in some way.
There was a double motivation - both to show oneself in order to take a position, and to please a man. Like it in a good way.
And the girl who was in charge of finance did not rush anywhere. She was doing well. A good husband, a good family, a good position and a good salary. She did not want to go higher, everything suited her.
And it ended badly - the owner had to choose. I chose the one that is "inside". No regrets as far as I know. Well, the subsequent years of rapid development showed that I was not mistaken - gratitude drove the beautiful girl forward for a long time.
Programmer in the corner
Well, everything is simple, you probably guessed it yourself. The programmer did nothing herself. She just had a bunch of programmers she knew, outside the company, and she herself was sociable and pretty.
It was in the 1C environment, and there - a fairly easily reproducible context. And when the context didn't play, she sent them a copy of the test database, despite strict corporate security rules. Apparently, the system administrator also fell under her spell.
I received a task and sent it to several friends. Who could, he did. I received the result by the right time, along with instructions on how to insert it in the right place. Although, over time, she probably figured out how to do it herself.
strange aunt
And here figs guess. My aunt came up with such a cunning move that I have never seen anywhere else.
Both guys - both the head of the financial and the head of the economic departments - came to the company for vacant positions. But the aunt decided that it was impossible to immediately put them in charge, and added a prefix to each - acting.
Well, that's all. Criteria for transition from acting - No. Guys just worked like hell to please their aunt. Not knowing what she actually likes. Therefore, we tried to please everything at once.
Now it's your turn to tell an interesting personnel story.
Source: habr.com