Draining new job

Back to the blog. Sitting at home on St. Patty's eve is almost a cultural sin. However, I had the most incredible headache today and work and decided to play it cool. I took a 45 minute walk around midtown right at dusk to get some fresh air and exercise. I took a tour around and through the University Medical complex. Very interesting when you get to encounter it outside of a car. Several mid century buildings to note also. The largest and most public is the Medical Center Library. The second building is on what I call the back side of the campus along the ridge at Saddle Creek Road. It is a public school for mentally retarded kids and a medical/research offices. The second of the two buildings makes interesting use of the topo in 1960's mid century modern style. 2020 Omaha needs to get over there and survey.

Back at work, it is the most frustrating thing. No one is accountable for their work. People with delusions of grandeur can bottle neck the inventory or "Supply Chain" process and bring things to a grinding halt. Numerous managers try and micro manage by instructing employees to enter transactions into the computer programs off long list of spreadsheets. No forethought is given to the impact of these whole sale entries. Today alone, the inventory at one of my warehouse was thrown off by 6100 cases by such an entry. Two steps forward one back. Then to add insult to injury, one of the project leads was promoted. I don't doubt her talent but her department was so out of touch from reality. They sat in a 'war room' and never addressed "root cause" issues and despite all he teams talk about setting expectations high, those expectations were never shared with anyone. How does a person get ahead in such a company?