Thank you for all of the responses.
But to expound on a couple of items:
I never said anything about any j-novel employee, my comments are directed at the company and it’s management that bear the responsibility for the operation of the company. The people doing the “front line “ work are either usually hourly or contract employees. It is the company that decides how many people to hire and how many to assign to a project, how to staff departments, and what backup plans to implement when something goes wrong.
It’s fine that j-novel is in an industry where people can be so patient and forgiving, but most of us work at companies where there is intense domestic and foreign competition And struggle to make it from quarter to quarter.
Most companies have customers that require adherence to deadlines. I’ve never heard one of our customers say that it was OK to be “a little late”. In fact, if we’re late we lose money and people get laid off or fired. In addition, peoples lives and livelihoods depend on us doing our job correctly...and on time.
So, in retrospect, a COMPANY’s number one obligation is to shareholders and investors (the ones who actually own the company), the second responsibility is to the employees (the ones doing the work and who need support), and the third obligation is to it’s customers (the ones who keep everyone employed). The third area is where j-novel needs to improve. So, I’m sorry if some of you take offense, but if companies don’t get constructive criticism and told where they need to improve, they’ll never do it. Also if they don’t have competition, they get stagnant and don’t improve. Remember how crappy American made cars were getting before the Japanese auto industry started “invading” the US with their well made and RELIABLE vehicles. There was even talk of American car companies going out of business due to the competition.
Companies need to be told how and where to improve or they will never do it and will ultimately fail.
I like j-Novel; I look forward to their releases; I don’t want them to fail and go out of business.
But you gotta get better...
Others will see the opportunity and take it and compete against you.
Old Saying - “In Africa every lion knows it needs to be faster than the slowest gazelle or it won’t eat that day. Every gazelle knows it needs to be faster than the fastest lion or it dies that day.”
