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'Psychometric test' results to be placed on office whiteboard for all to see

Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta.
 
Pingu said:
although my previous post wasnt serious whenever i have done these sort of things in the past I have answered the questions in such a way that i have come out in the "great leader" type group. as long as you are consistant and think about your answers its not that hard really. just method act a ruthless dictator for a bit ( i normally imagine i am ghengis khan) its also quite amusing to do

add the odd "sensitive" answer in too though so they dont think yo are a twat
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I think if I do that I will be seen as even more of a threat than I already am.

FFS, *bangs head on desk* why does he think this is a good idea? The ''you are a gemini so you must be two faced'' is exactly it.
 
FridgeMagnet said:
Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta.
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heh.
I hate having my principles crash into my necessities.
Not only do I hate this, I now get to hate myself.
 
Badger Kitten said:
heh.
I hate having my principles crash into my necessities.
Not only do I hate this, I now get to hate myself.
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Why let the cunt win by beating yourself up over it? If you end up unemployed, you'll be on the dole and this guy will still be a cunt, which would be a lose-lose situation.
 
Badger Kitten said:
So. New boss, new department set up, and it's announced that we are going to have an away day and learn about our Strength Deployment Inventory .

(You can be trained to run workshops in this thing in 2 days, and fully qualified in 4, I discover, but that's by the by.)

Everyone will have their colours - red, blue, green or a mix - there are 7 variations - pinned up next to their name on the wall so everyone can see what sort of person - according to the SDI labels - they are dealing with and interact and conflict-manage accordingly.

Well, there's a great deal more I could say about this, but I won't, ( yet) however, I'd be interested to know your thoughts on this.
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My thought is that you must be working at the Ginza Robot Factory, or someplace similar.
 
are they going to require that you all sign up to okcupid and publish your results to such meaningful quizzes as 'which harry potter house do you belong in?'
 
scifisam said:
are they going to require that you all sign up to okcupid and publish your results to such meaningful quizzes as 'which harry potter house do you belong in?'
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It would be better if they did, every day, at 5.30pm.

'What monkey are you?'
'What icecream are you?'
Etc. Then it would draw the poison and it would all be a joke.

I wish I could write it up as a bitchy novel/anon blog/outraged civil liberties article; unfortunately, if I did that I would be sacked and starting a new job and accruing a year's service is not ideal right now. Anyway, my current industry is not exactly awash with opportunities, there's a recruitment freeze on most places and redundancies are still happening every quarter.

I can't win this fight, right now. Someone could, I could in other times, but I am not the right fighter for this battle. I am already seen as a 'maverick': read: threat.

It is however encouraging to discover that my 'wtf':eek::mad::facepalm::(:rolleyes: reaction is not an abberation.
 
He will no longer be your boss in 2 years tiime. He will have moved on to develop his career.

Get it right and you'll miss a year of it.
 
Nemo said:
Why let the cunt win by beating yourself up over it? If you end up unemployed, you'll be on the dole and this guy will still be a cunt, which would be a lose-lose situation.
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Yeah.

Taoist philosophy: do not punish the weak for you demean yourself.
Fight only worthy warriors and worthy battles.
If you come across a demon on the road, he will suck your energy and you cannot win, the loss is greater than the gain - walk around him and do not engage. Preserve your power for a fight that is the right one.

I still hate it though, I still want to fight it. I feel trapped and angry and humiliated and despairing. 'Kin biology.
 
Badger Kitten said:
It is however encouraging to discover that my 'wtf':eek::mad::facepalm::(:rolleyes: reaction is not an abberation.
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It won't be in your department either. Nutcase bosses and nutcase HR will come up against the leaden barrier of Everybody Thinking It's Bollocks And Taking The Piss In Private, and they'll lose, because if they want to get anything done they'll have to stop with the colour therapy, and if they don't then they'll get bollocked before you do.
 
I think I will be down the pub straight after the session, canvassing and using satire and humour and seeing who is up for fighting this using extreme mockery and piss-taking.
And this, now I have looked it up, gives me hope - thanks for the pointers:

* Data may only be used for the specific purposes for which it was collected.
* Data must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the individual whom it is about,
( well, we have a 'presumed consent' situation here: and how much consent is there when a new department head puts into everyone's diaries that this wil happen and the results will be on the whiteboard?)

unless there is legislation or other overriding legitimate reason to share the information (for example, the prevention or detection of crime). It is an offence for Other Parties to obtain this personal data without authorisation.

( If it is on a board, any fucker who walks in can see it. Anyone.)

* Individuals have a right of access to the information held about them, subject to certain exceptions (for example, information held for the prevention or detection of crime).
* Personal information may be kept for no longer than is necessary and must be kept up to date.

( and how 'up to date' is a snapshot based 20 trite questions from the first 3 weeks of work in a new department nobody asked to be in but was told they were in)
* Personal information may not be sent outside the European Economic Area unless the individual whom it is about has consented or adequate protection is in place, for example by the use of a prescribed form of contract to govern the transmission of the data.
* Subject to some exceptions for organisations that only do very simple processing, and for domestic use, all entities that process personal information must register with the Information Commissioner's Office.
* Entities holding personal information are required to have adequate security measures in place. Those include technical measures (such as firewalls) and organisational measures (such as staff training).
* Subjects have the right to have factually incorrect information corrected (note: this does not extend to matters of opinion)

(Well, arguably this is all opinionated subjective drivel anyway. The irony is that is was originally invented - before it was corporately bastardised - by someone who was a contemporary and mentor of Rogers, who invented Person Centred Therapy. The irony - this is about as far from PCT as it is possible to get, as it is played out in office environments - or at least mine)
 
FridgeMagnet said:
Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta.
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BK, print this out and pin it up on the board. Anonymously.
 
Ending is better then mending. More stitches, less riches.

On these grounds I would consider sacking the job off
 
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Boss sounds absolutely raving - which industry is this in - I cant imagine that would be tolerated at my work.

Badger Kitten said:
I went to personnel.
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Did you speak to the boss first? What was his reaction?

This seems so amazingly out of order it beggars belief. We did the Belbin thingamebob a couple of years ago, but no-body else got to see your results, although most people told people in the team that they were close to or worked with regularly (ie that they trusted and at their own volition). Seems to me like a clear breach of the DPA.

If HR are being useless, next stop is the union imho.
 
All this crap reminds me of that bon mot (or is it real?) '' Redundancies will continue until Morale Improves'' .

I don't know who said that, btw.

Also BTW, I am really impressed and pleased with all the advice. I thought E&E was a quiet, rarely-visited forum.


Thank you.
 
q_w_e_r_t_y said:
Boss sounds absolutely raving - which industry is this in - I cant imagine that would be tolerated at my work.



Did you speak to the boss first? What was his reaction?

This seems so amazingly out of order it beggars belief. We did the Belbin thingamebob a couple of years ago, but no-body else got to see your results, although most people told people in the team that they were close to or worked with regularly (ie that they trusted and at their own volition). Seems to me like a clear breach of the DPA.

If HR are being useless, next stop is the union imho.
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No union.
Long story.
 
Fuck. That. Shit. Why would anyone possibly think that would make their staff perform better? :eek:
 
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