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In reply to the discussion: Which type of workplace would you prefer to work in? [View all]Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)19. I'm currently working in a place like that and it's working out quite well
They're really careful in the hiring process of making sure people are a good fit to the environment (which is, ah, a bit odd at times). There's a definite everyone-working-for-the-common-good sort of thing, CEO-through-the-custodial-staff types of all-hands meetings where everyone's at least heard, the works. They go to some lengths to make sure everyone's alright with the general setup, and it's simultaneously the most eccentric, most interesting, and most pleasant workplace I've ever been in.
Of course, everyone gets how unusual that sort of setup can be. People pretty much constantly count their blessings.
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That is a nice idea, and I've been thinking about why I didn't include it in the options.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#13
It's not easy. I have been offered many opportunities to grow my business in the past...
Walk away
Jan 2013
#38
I'm currently working in a place like that and it's working out quite well
Posteritatis
Jan 2013
#19
Had it not occurred to you that, possibly, the reason so many of your co-workers weren't interested
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#12
Well, collective management usually involves its own equivalent of parliamentary procedure
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#24
I like working in an environment in which someone has commandeered the radio, plays the
2on2u
Jan 2013
#27
Not a "waste the boss" type. myself...what you CAN say, though, is that Milton was a real example
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#30
And they certainly do push, fortunately I refuse to reach my breaking point.... I just pack it
2on2u
Jan 2013
#31
The problem with cooperative management and management by concensus is that loud pushy people
Nikia
Jan 2013
#33
Actually, not so. A well-run co-op will have a strong framework for participation.
Luminous Animal
Jan 2013
#36