It is always the employees who are blamed for not meeting deadlines. If a team that works with dedication 60+ hours a week can’t meet a deadline, it says nothing about the employees, but something about those who set the unrealistic goals. Unfortunately, the goals are becoming more and more unrealistic, and meeting deadlines is getting harder, but HON still doesn't see what the real problem is.
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Yep. The employees must bail out the poor planning done by management. Decades ago Honeywell took responsible for poor planning by paying OT hours, but those days are long gone.
@1zeq Yep exactly how I always operated. But the new age managers just ignored my updates and said get over yourself old timer, that's not how we operate anymore.
This boomer rang the retirement bell.
Meeting deadlines recently has been impossible due to RDE cuts. No charge string, no work…
I know people who jump at the chance to perform for Mr. Charlie. Their heart may be right, but their effect is depressing, as they are just enabling sh-t mgrs. I for one, have given up at this point, and hope for a layoff so I can go fishing, and diving, and beering, and toking.
Dont accept impossible deadlines. Always, always, always have a milestone in the program schedule for every single thing you need to get your work done.
Need requirements? Milestone. Need equipment? Space in lab? Software drop? Support equipment? Every detail. Documents are "released" not "available" or "draft" or "controlled".. done. The moment one milestone is missed begin moving your milestones and escalating finance baseline changes. If somebody wants you to absorb... tell them "sign this realistic estimate and we will give best effort to mitigate ______'s slip" never give a day. If someone cuts your schedule they own it not you.
This is how engineering is done everywhere. Learn or leave.
Been doing this for nearly 45 years. Nothing has changed.
The real problem is the corrosive culture made by DA and Maddog. Critical mass has been reached. Enough competent people have now left that the smoke, mirrors, pittance incentives, M&A's, and she'll game can no longer hide the fact that Honeywell simply isn't able to deliver on it's contractual commitments.