Gia Burnett

Good intel

 

She started to lose it about 8 months ago. I have watched her manage with complete hysteria and chaos. She has deteriated rapidly. This job is too much for her. We will continue to lose good employees because we are under paid and dealing with some one who can't prioritize and has no business sense. I'm sorry but she isn't that important and either is the job. It's a consumer driven product and we need leadership fast. She is making a simple job difficult. She has no clue how to run a company. She is an emotional wreck. It is embarrassing.

 

No time out of the field to do pre-work means no pre-work done till I get to the meeting. Sorry I'm not giving up evening or weekends to do tedious work that you won't allow during the week. The constant threats and talk about we are being watched is BS. Someone needs to manage management! They have lost their minds and most of us don't work well with threats. It just makes me want to put my feet up and do nothing.

 

Don't worry there is no way anyone will get through the pre work in time so we will all be unprepared. It should have been given out January 1st. It is a lot of material.

 

Just the thought of Ken and her together makes me nauseous. Knowing that makes me have no respect for them. I wonder how many times they will be hooking up this week or in vegas. Ewe I meant as business partners of course. Wink wink

 

Yea let’s not talk about her manager Lisa Jacobsen who literally is a kiss ass to Gia and is completely demeaning and controlling. Only 10 months in or so, and everyone hates her.

 

That is her plan!! Make Gia feel important and then she'll get whatever she wants. It's a game and she plays it well. Soon Gia will be give her whatever she wants over any of the other managers who have been here a long time and Gia will learn the hard way. Gia should be very careful,

 

One if not all of her direct reports need to go to HR. The way she talks to us and disrespects us is unacceptable and unprofessional. Any HR department would go balesitic if they heard the way she talks to us, text us etc. Verty unprofessional and abusive. I can't believe she has gotten away with it for so long. It's time for a change. We don't deserve it. Very negative work environment.

 

Ken needs to manage her. I hope he starts to get on the calls with Gia and the DSM's. She is all over the place and her direction changes daily. What Ken says and what Gia does is completely opposite. It's Is creating more chaos. Ken please participate in conference calls with Gia and DSM's to assure she is mentally capable of handling this job. You need to hear what we are hearing.

 

I think with the current state of our nation and our company Ken could easily manage sales managers. I think it's time to clear up communication lines and lay off all unnecessary upper management such as Gia. The company would run much more efficiently without her

 

Also this 5 pages of bs work they have given to the field will be just that BS. None of the info will be accurate because I'm just doing it to because we are being watched. I don't mind being given some ideas on how we can work but the expectation of 8 hours a day is UNACCEPTABLE!! People have kids at home, family to care for , family members who are in the frontline , families still working in vulnerable work places and other things to look after and also have a lot of worries on our minds. The expectation should be to do the best you can when you can. Do they honestly think we have all this info stored in our head? what a waste of time. Give us work but let's be realistic.

 

It would be nice to see some compassion and understanding for what the employees are going through. It seems to be very one sided. This job is not our only focus. They have a list of demands with no understanding of our mental health or what we are going through. Not one word about take care of yourself or families first.

 

Gia there is a call with Ken today at 1:15. You should be on it. Maybe take notes or maybe he could nudge you in bed to pay attention.

 

talent review is not rooted in our values. The process is purely based on who strokes Gia's ego and tells her she isn't wonderful. It is great because she loves gossip and this way you have to kiss her butt and she feels important. Tell me why one would want to work hard for a minimal chance of being promoted. The 9 box is embarrassing as a company that we use this system. Should be gone!!! I can't believe this company follows these horrible standards.

 

that was an hour of my life I can't get back useless call

 

This a good article on why Gia is still using this old form of talent review. Nailed it

I can actually think of one good thing to use it for. If you have absolutely no idea what to do about talent and you simply want to get your senior team talking about who and what to do to develop and grow your business succession pipeline then this model will help you start that conversation. It is simple and straightforward and easy to implement, getting everyone in a room to discuss who they like and dislike (see problem 4).

However, if you want something that actually works, or delivers results, positive change, improved performance, succession, improved mobility, or talent retention then you will be sorely disappointed with it for the reasons outlined in the attached.

 

We should be glad we didn’t get stuck with HG. I feel bad for that group.

 

They are both horrible leaders. The only reason they have jobs is because they are part of a old club that needs to retire. It has nothing to do with skills or talent. Talk about no social diversity. That club of untalented over paid idiots needs to get out of the way and let people who know what they are doing take over. They are stress cases who lack business skills.

 

engage meetings- she is so out of touch with what is going on. My offices are not even seeing hygiene patients and they want us to do 2 meetings in 6 weeks. The engage meetings are a complete mess and are not practical. They are a complete hassle. Think about it. The office is barely back at work and you want us to ask them to dowload an app and mess around on their lunch hour in order to fill a GSK need? Ken even said the best thing is in person and I completely agree. I'm not going to waste my time begging for an office to do it so Gia feels good. My offices are welcoming me to come in person. I'm not going to stay outside in my car and do a meeting via engage just to say I did it. Complete waste of my and my offices time. Makes us look ridiculous.

 

People write those success emails about using engage because they know that is what G wants to hear. The majority of people won't find it useful or have success. The only way to stand out is to write your own success emails and make it look good