Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific

Author - Cali Ressler ... [Goo?] [Posters]
Author - Jody Thompson ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Hardcover Book item from Portfolio Hardcover was reviewed on 16-Oct-2008.

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1) Hardcover Book Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific by Portfolio Hardcover. Yes it is absolutely true, we should look at the results not at the hours worked. In fact I never understood the concept of hourly wages in my profession (computer science). The guys who are lame have to put in more hours and even get rewarded ... Everywhere else we get rewarded if we get things done faster (i.e. runner: who gets the medal ?). So my take on this is: give those a reward coming in at 10 and leaving at 4 :)
Anyway I would love to see ROWE more often applied.
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2) Hardcover Book Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific by Portfolio Hardcover. I was irresistibly drawn to this book due to its cheeky title; I am embroiled in a workplace situation that sucks, and hoped that this book would have some humorous tips to cope as an employee. This isn´t that kind of book. Targeted mostly to CEOs and upper-management types, it presents the concept of the "Results Only Work Enviroment" (ROWE) implemented by the authors at the Best Buy corporate offices. The ROWE model, where the emphasis is placed on flexible productivity rather than the regimented time-clock watching norm gives many reasons now to be envious of Best Buy corporate employees (though presumably their less-fortunate counterparts in the retail sector are still forced to adhere to classic time/management protocols), but as a low-level employee in a more traditional sucky corporate structure there is nothing immediately actionable here to make my job suck less, short of convincing my director and board to adopt the ROWE model. (Ain´t gonna happen, in my lifetime or ever!) In order to implement ROWE at your workplace, you´d have to be either the owner or part of the senior management team. This could be useful for business students or those high enough in the power structure to implement ROWE at their companies. For the rest of us, it´s a whole lot of wishful thinking, and the title is more than a tiny bit misleading. Refer it to your boss (or his boss) but don´t expect to get anything out of this yourself . . .unless, of course, you own the company.¤

3) Hardcover Book Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific by Portfolio Hardcover. "Treat adults like adults and they´ll be more productive?" Who´d a thunk it? Well, Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson did and set out to prove it. While working at Best Buy corporate headquarters they created ROWE (Results-Only Work Environment) where productivity is the coin of the realm.

Where do you work? Doesn´t matter. What time of day you work? Don´t care. Did you get your stuff done on time, or early? That´s what I´m talkin´ about!

Sludge. Nope, it´s not that goop at the bottom of the coffee pot at the end of the day, it´s the snide comments that co-workers make to and about each other that undermine morale and generally piss people off.

Eliminate Sludge, give people the freedom to be responsible and accountable for their own lives and Voila!; you have happy, productive people that improve the performance of your business and increase your bottom line. They´ve got the stats to prove it.

Get this book. Read it. Act on it. The sooner, the better.
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4) Hardcover Book Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific by Portfolio Hardcover. Quaint idea, but this book never moves past the philosophical. I kept waiting for more insight into practical application - how to define results that really work, how to handle the inevitable workers who can´t manage to results, how to synchronize highly dependent project tasks when time is disregarded, etc. The book also comes off as preachy, as if anyone who doesn´t accept it´s philosophy out-of-hand is an outdated loser who doesn´t want a great work environment. I´d suggest you go to the authors´ website and read their white paper and save the time and money on reading the book.¤

5) Hardcover Book Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific by Portfolio Hardcover. This is one of the best books I have ever read about the work environment. It opened my eyes to how I manager my employees and what I can do to improve the work environment along with getter more out of my staff. It is an easy read and very interesting.¤

6) Hardcover Book Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It: No Schedules, No Meetings, No Joke--the Simple Change That Can Make Your Job Terrific by Portfolio Hardcover. Do you hate cramming all of your errands into the weekend?

Do you resent having to beg permission to watch your kid’s weekday soccer game?

Are you tired of seeing people who aren’t very good at their jobs get promoted because they arrive early and stay late?

There’s got to be a better way—and there is! Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson show that everyone benefits when we change the focus from hours to outcomes. It’s just that our traditional definition of work—Monday through Friday, nine to five—doesn’t make sense in the always-on global economy.

So, Ressler and Thompson created the Results-Only Work Environment. In a ROWE, you control when, where, and how long you work. As long as you meet your objectives, the way you spend your time is entirely up to you.

Suddenly, work isn’t a place you go, it’s a thing you do. In a ROWE, there are no mandatory meetings or fixed schedules. You stop doing any activity that wastes time, and no one criticizes you for “leaving early” or “coming in late.” If you do your best work at midnight or on Sundays, go for it!

ROWE sounds like a fantasy, but Ressler and Thompson have already made it a reality at Best Buy, a Fortune 100 company. They have proven that ROWE not only makes employees happier but also delivers better results. And now the authors are helping companies implement ROWE nationwide.

Infused with passion and common sense, Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It will change the way you think about your job, your company, and your quality of life. Read it and join the revolution!¤

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