Staff meeting. Twenty or so people. Average tenure 22.5 years. Two new employees. One out of school two years, the other one year. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Introductions.
“I graduated from IUPUI in Construction Management.”
“I’m excited and ready to get going on some projects.”
The meeting is not positive. This change and that. Not being received well by employees. No preparation, no guidance, no big-picture thought among top executives making decisions that force new software, new processes, blah blah blah.
Everyone stands up to leave. Manager over two new employees says to his boss:
“Man, this place is going downhill fast. If the economy weren’t so bad, folks would be running for the doors to get out of here.” Boss wholeheartedly agrees.
Two new boys hear. Still look hopeful. They’re young.
