I work in my company’s internal PR division and one of our tasks is to prepare the daily newsletter that is sent to all of our employees. The slightest mistake this month is becoming reason for public, vocal complaints made by our chief, citing risks to our division’s reputation. It’s like working in a nuclear power plant’s control room and having a potential chernobyl incident every single day.
Also I feel that our area lacks some sort of manual or white book. Having to remember by heart several rules and exceptions is just too stressing. It’s like playing those platform games where out of nowhere a hole opens after you dodge some obstacle and you lose anyway.
Correct me if I’m just being cranky or lazy.
It’'s a state-owned company so everything is really by the book. They’re obsessive about unofficial information circulating around. And another thing that bothers me a lot is that most managers see it as a way to promote themselves: something like saying to the board of directors “look at me, I’m doing stuff, can you give me a higher managerial position?”
Ladder climbers and empire builders are a cancer
even without a newsletter this is the case. Middle managers mostly are about making whatever their team or section or division or whatever is absolutely critical to the company.