a pre-emptive gambit, as i likely won\’t have a chance to post one tomorrow.
on a conf. call for new UHG managers. the topic? how to effectively manage using our intranet system. it, possibly, is one of the most incredibly idiotic things i\’ve ever endured. it\’s taking two hours to cover the most basic.. simple… common sense topics in excruciating detail. however, that\’s not to say there haven\’t been some entertaining highlights.
+ at one point, the facilitator says \”human crapital.\” there was a long pause and you could really tell that she was weighing whether to acknowledge what she said or not. she didn\’t.
+ \”please refer to slide seven on how to access news articles if you do not have internet access.\” this is a webex presentation. delivered by… the, um, internet.
+ a participant asked if the slide deck would be available to participants after the session. the answer? no. that\’s acceptable– it\’s HR-related, and you wouldn\’t want outdated copies floating around. additionally, if participants knew they could get the deck afterwards, some may not pay as much attention. so that\’s ok. however, the answer this person received? \”we can\’t send these out because of a size limitation in our e-mail system.\” ahem… LIES!! it\’s a 35-slide deck. all static, no embedded multimedia. that\’s– what– 300kb? 400? even lotus notes can handle that. it\’s rather disturbing when someone within HR fibs so blatantly, especially when it\’s such an obvious fib.
i\’m not in a bad mood, really. in fact, i\’m nearly completely checked out, mentally, as i\’m out tomorrow and all of next week. just a little frustrated that these types of things need to be dumbed down to the least-common denominator and i need to spend three hours of my afternoon listening to it. at least i\’m an excellent multitasker. 🙂
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