Piss one person off and they'll tell 10 of their friends. Piss two off and they'll tell 20 people, those 20 will tell another 5 - 7, those 5 - 7 will tell 3 -4, and soon, hundreds will know about problems within a company.
I wonder how many more people we'll see start to speak out about Netshops and Thralow now....
Just read the blog after the jump
Laura, good luck in your fight. Go get 'em.
Funny - I don't remember hearing anyone say the 60+ people laid off by Netshops were 'not growing with the company'. Is that what Doug and Co said to the Thralow reps when asked about the layoffs? If so, I've got performance reviews to prove otherwise. Heck, I've even got year to date store performance reports from some of my stores. If I wasn't 'growing with the company' I wonder why my stores were all profitable.
Makes you go "Hmm..."
One last thought for the day. Duluth is about 2.5 hour's drive from Mall of America - the biggest mall in the United States, not to mention these other attractions. Knowing that, why would Netshops take the Thralow reps to area malls (and Chuck E Cheese - mustn't forget Chuck E Cheese) as a selling point of moving here? Talk about not understanding the people you're selling to. Could be an indication of how well the current Netshops staff will understand Thralow's group of sites...
As always, I look forward to your emails and comments!
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Doug is an educated, intelligent man. He is one of the best public speakers I've seen. That is a quality that has been used to measure a great man for centuries. He deserves respect for that.
He has a strong personality, and he believes greatly in the business plan that he personally crafted.
When surrounded by "Yes Men", this situation is not always conducive to making the best business decisions.
A good leader will often follow through on a bad decision, rather than admit a mistake, and risk looking bad by going back on that decision.
A Great leader realizes mistakes, and makes quick adjustments in the interest of the "whole" (Country, Army, Company, Business, Corporation, etc.)
There is a small chance that Netshops knows exactly what they are doing, and that they will hit their goal of being a 1 Billion Dollar company by 2012.
Having seen the decision making process at NetShops, I think this goal is dicey at best. I admit that my opinion doesn't matter in the big picture, but there is no way in hell NetShops will pull this off.
This will not be because of the employees who work hard every day at NetShops.
It will be because of the decision making machine, which is very heavy on the "Yes Men".
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