org charts

brianwelsch

Has anyone ever heard of a company not releasing their org chart to their employees? What would be the reasoning for this? BW

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legalAlien

Perhaps the 'company' you refer to is the CIA? :-D

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brianwelsch

shhh... not so loud ;) BW

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And them singing canaries get it.
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legalAlien

Perhaps it has not been deemed necessary? Is the company small/medium/large/x-large or supersize? (I only ask cos I can). I did work in a bank that stopped doing the charts with any contact numbers on as there was a nasty incident with the alcholic help desk guy and my project manager and 2am drunken and abusive phone calls. Weeks after he was sacked. True story.

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Navin

That seems strange, and counter-productive. You should always be able to find out who somebody's manager is, becuase it's (unfortunatley) sometimes necessary information. The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance.

David Cunningham

The only possible reason I can think of would be if the company had previously been raided by headhunters. Not allowing employees to understand their organization seems ridiculous though. David

Bassam Abdul Baki

Sure. When they promote some idiot that they promised to somebody else. They usually wait around a few months and then release it. "If only one person knows the truth, it is still the truth." - Mahatma Gandhi Web - Blog - RSS

Steve Mayfield

maybe they don't want anyone to know that the President/CEO is also the Janitor and Receptionist :rolleyes: Steve

Ted Ferenc

Yes, my last company, now bankrupt. They did have one but it changed on a daily basis so they gave up!

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ogrig

Yes. Who needs a reason for something that can be so easily explained by incompetence? Somebody would need to build the thing, maintain it, distribute it, ..., and hopefully not change it every other day just for the sake of it. OGR