An old, time-honored management technique in large corporations.
1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
1. Keep your employees in the dark.
2. Feed them shit.
3. When they grow up, cut them off at the roots.
by Hot Licks July 21, 2020
by DMI Student February 18, 2014
Phrase used when something important can't be found because that one manager who always sticks things in random places was the last one to use it.
by Portalmaker April 11, 2022
Karen :" I want to talk with the GLM! let me talk with the Gay Lord Manager NOW!"
GLM - Gay Lord Manager
GLM - Gay Lord Manager
by Ferret_99110022 May 08, 2024
by oondada July 15, 2021
A way to manage tech teams working to an ill-defined task, described by Tracy Kidder as "Keep them in the dark, feed them shit, watch them grow" (in his 1981 title 'The Soul of a New Machine' about the people that built the first minicomputer at Data General).
As long as the outcome remains undefined, there's no way to hold them accountable for whichever result. You'd better apply mushroom management instead.
by Nada Knicks August 05, 2022
A peaceful gathering of senior staff focussing on self-congratulation and bonding, with blissful lack of awareness of duties neglected during the event, and of how pitifully inept, emotionally needy and ludicrous management looks to lower level staff. The more realistic title for such an event is used in confidence, as these events are promoted as a serious and necessary forums.
I'm so flat-out with all this work comen in I haven't got time to scratch meself. And I can't ask (insert manager name) to bring in a casual cos he's at this f**n management love-in.. Oh - look the Caterer - grab us a few sushi before the plates get taken in...
by MAKtheVague August 06, 2011