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onetime2 · 11-10-2003, 10:56 AM

Can anyone tell me how it can possibly be acceptable for a new department to say "It will take two to three years before we can give any definitive answers to business questions?"

Now I could understand it if the questions were about research or something that won't be completed until then but when the questions are just general business questions!?!

The policy in regards to questions like this:

"Did we get any other benefits from such and such project besides the scientific research it was meant to produce?"

is to give some generally vague information (like the project ran from Jan to Nov, the participants generally used more/less of our products than the general population, etc) in order to identify other areas we might want to look at in the future. This rather than trying to point out areas that the project helped like employee knowledge, more effective sales calls, increased sales, new customers, etc.

How can anyone get away with this kind of crap? I mean it's basically saying "Pay me for the next two years and then I'll tell you what you want to know, maybe."

Incredible. Just incredible. To make matters worse, I am a member of this department.

I know I should be thankful I have a job, it's really not that bad, there are far worse things in the world, etc, etc, etc. I apologize to those that are in worse situations but I just hate wasted opportunities and I hate that this department will likely fail because the heads refuse to make an effort.

Thanks for listening, just needed to get that off my chest.

11-10-2003, 10:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
onetime2 Junkie Location: NJ	Sanity check/rant about work... Can anyone tell me how it can possibly be acceptable for a new department to say "It will take two to three years before we can give any definitive answers to business questions?" Now I could understand it if the questions were about research or something that won't be completed until then but when the questions are just general business questions!?! The policy in regards to questions like this: "Did we get any other benefits from such and such project besides the scientific research it was meant to produce?" is to give some generally vague information (like the project ran from Jan to Nov, the participants generally used more/less of our products than the general population, etc) in order to identify other areas we might want to look at in the future. This rather than trying to point out areas that the project helped like employee knowledge, more effective sales calls, increased sales, new customers, etc. How can anyone get away with this kind of crap? I mean it's basically saying "Pay me for the next two years and then I'll tell you what you want to know, maybe." Incredible. Just incredible. To make matters worse, I am a member of this department. I know I should be thankful I have a job, it's really not that bad, there are far worse things in the world, etc, etc, etc. I apologize to those that are in worse situations but I just hate wasted opportunities and I hate that this department will likely fail because the heads refuse to make an effort. Thanks for listening, just needed to get that off my chest. __________________ Strive to be more curious than ignorant.