Strange strange organisation

Emmzi

well it's not the most commonly used, and it hasn't been evaluated as robustly as other preference/ personality typologies, but it isn't inherently suspicious. Tha Vatican don't like some ways it is used as they see it as an alternate religion if handled wrong; if used ethically, no problem really.

As with all these things an ethical practitioner will be fine with you saying "I'd rather not discuss that in open forum." And should be well able to handle that. I am assuming you have a trained practitioner of the enneagram working with you? External to the organisation/ management team?

If not, I would not participate on the grounds that your survey/ results are not being used on a voluntary basis and you have had no reassurance that anything can be discussed in confidence.

THEN LEAVE.

What is stopping you leaving?

Emmzi

oh - unless you mean the 4th way enneagram?

in which case, in my personal opinion, RUN LIKE HELL.

SarEl

Emmzi wrote: »

oh - unless you mean the 4th way enneagram?

in which case, in my personal opinion, RUN LIKE HELL.

I had to look it up! I think I'd have problems running like hell - it's hard to run doubled up with laughter!

dilemma10

SarEl wrote: »

I had to look it up! I think I'd have problems running like hell - it's hard to run doubled up with laughter!

Yes yes yes, we use that chart! At the last workshop we had to do soliloquys on what anger symbolised to us with other team members, then we had to sit in circles and repeat over and over how we had felt supported...it's all bizarre. I am the worse for it because I go along with it, but it's starting to make my head spin. In team meetings, there will be chatter about people and the boss will chirp up 'Oh they're bound to be type 2, or type 3 or type 9' it's ridiculous and to make matters worse, when I did the tests originally, I was on a boundary between type 2 (helper) and type 3 (achiever). I think I am more type 3 but the boss keeps going on about how I am type 2. It's all ridiculous...and you can read from my ramblings here that i feel like I am headed to a breakdown!
I got given the Book of Runes as a xmas present...:rotfl:

Emmzi

leave

leave now

a year of beans on toast is better than this

if boss is randomly "typing" people from a distance they are Doing It wrong

so.. what is stopping you leaving, again? Please answer so I can tell you it isn't worth it!!

Murtle

...and you are asking if you should be staying....have you got your CV out for other jobs? If not, do that before bed tonight - so long as you aren't at your bosses house!!!

dilemma10

Emmzi wrote: »

leave

leave now

a year of beans on toast is better than this

if boss is randomly "typing" people from a distance they are Doing It wrong

so.. what is stopping you leaving, again? Please answer so I can tell you it isn't worth it!!

In all honesty I am not sure apart from this - I am 23 years of age and think I have landed a position of power in a field I love - further education. We are a membership organisation and I run the policy and comms, albeit on £28k a year. I think I am paid a not bad salary and I get to attend some very high level meetings and do some very gripping work that gets sent direct to Ministers. I am not sure how I can get the same coverage elsewhere.

At the same time, I am also very very overworked and when I had my last appraisal asked for a different job title also hinted at a pay rise but got told I was too much of an ego, and if I was not careful would become 'lazy'. Ridiculous, I work 60 hours plus, and I adore the 'nature' of the work but the team ethics, weird stuff we are subjected to is getting to me. Also my boss is very powerful and has a massive reputation, my leave period is 3 months and I think they would make it hell!

Emmzi

education, or indoctrination, do you think?

scheming_gypsy

LadyMissA wrote: »

I think they have already done that when the boss pulled up your top! If someone did that in the street it's assult.

Have another word with yourself.
If they say their top is too low and pull it up how can they be assaulting them? They're covering their tits up, not pulling it over their head or punching them.

Yorkie1

The application of unlawful force to a person, or causing them to apprehend the same, is capable of being an assault. Pulling someone's top is almost certain to involve one or the other. An assault doesn't have to involve a punch.