Mission Accomplished
We did it. We have achieved fair. It wasn’t perfect, we completely ran out of 1 type of shirt in all sizes and 1 type of apron. We ran out of select sizes of 2 types of shirt and 2 types of jackets but in the end we made it work. We issued a few folks the wrong stuff and had some miscommunication but we survived. One issue went almost to the top but that was largely due to the overreaction of superiors and mistakes of predecessors.
In the end probably fewer than 50 people were negatively effected. Out of a staff of thousands, that ain’t bad. Last year hundreds were put out, most in a significant, noteworthy, and expensive way. And I think I’m still under budget.
There are plenty of things I could have done better and I look forward to improving things next year but for now I hope I’m not premature in enjoying some of the comments I received today…
“In 5 years of doing business with your predecessors it has never gone this smoothly” -Business Partner
“You forecasted your needs almost perfectly, better than I would have thought possible” -Supplier
“You’re very professional” -Senior Manager
“I think on the whole it went very well” -Direct Superior
And one comment from last weekend…
“Everything will be better than fine. You’re a great manager with tons of experience and you have nothing to worry about. What’s more important is you’re a good man, have faith in that”
Now I am going to order an enormous pizza and gorge myself in victory, for tomorrow the fun starts.
I predict I will sleep like a baby tonight.
