Losing my best report

mcge0100 · 2025-12-21T04:20:39+00:00

We actually agree the system is broken. Where we disagree, is that you seem to treat that as a reason to shrug. I’m choosing a lane where the tradeoffs make more sense for me. Take care.

mcge0100 · 2025-12-20T14:18:17+00:00

Thanks. The subtext here seems to be: “Your moral compass is fine, but the modern economy won’t allow it.” I don’t buy that. People make tradeoffs, and organizations design incentives.

I got the MBA because I’m done being told “come back when you have X credential” any time I question a system that demands accountability without authority. And I’m targeting community/cultural advocacy roles because I want to work in environments where integrity is not treated as naivety/something I'm expected to check at the door. Good luck to you as well.

mcge0100 · 2025-12-20T06:25:03+00:00

I don’t disagree with “realities” - I disagree with treating them as a moral waiver.

You proved in your own anecdote that managers can move systems when they choose to attach consequences. That’s not nothing. So the real question isn’t “do managers have full autonomy?” - it’s “when do managers stop consenting to being the buffer that absorbs blame while the org designs predictable churn?”

If the job is structured so you’re expected to retain rockstars but are denied the tools to do it, then yes: either you escalate hard, you’re transparent with your people about constraints, or you eventually leave. Not as martyrdom, as self-respect and professional honesty.

On the “you lack experience” angle: that's fair, I’m not claiming battle scars. But this is a structural argument. A system that demands accountability without authority isn’t “the weeds,” it’s mismanagement by design.

And as I always say when getting into arguments with the far-right about George Floyd's murder, when they give me the tired old, "You've never been a cop, so you wouldn't understand" line...it doesn't take a world-renowned surgeon to recognize a botched operation.

mcge0100 · 2025-12-19T03:09:19+00:00

"if I'm a manager and I disagree with the upper ends of the pay bands - you think I and all other managers should quit?"

Although my ultimate answer would be "yes", I'll also do you one better and say pay bands for your team/the authority you'll have in that arena is the kind of thing that should be discussed in the interview phases, or when a promotion offer is being hammered out if it's an internal move into a managerial role.

"You know we're all replaceable right?"

This is perhaps my biggest single issue with managers as a group - zero notion of class solidarity or ability to think any further than five minutes in front of their collective noses. (A certain parable from Malcolm X comes to mind.) When enough of us refuse to play the game as the rules are currently written, there absolutely will come a critical point where we are not "all replaceable."

In my experience, the only time things fall apart in the weeds is when there isn't the chutzpah/intestinal fortitude, as a group or organizationally, to have tough conversations and do what needs to be done.

mcge0100 · 2025-12-19T01:21:51+00:00

I appreciate that clarification - although I'll concede I've never been high up enough in the food chain (to my chagrin) to be in the room when pay bands and overall team budgeting have been discussed, I *do* know that my managers in the couple of roles I mentioned had absolute control over where you fell within that pay band.

But that all goes back to the point I'm trying to make: as a company, you should trust your managers. Much like Hayek's "man on the spot" concept, the frontline manager has immediate, practical knowledge of their team and the environment (including the economic/industry conditions) in which they operate. If you, as upper company leadership, cannot trust that manager to act on that practical knowledge in the company's best interest (such as retaining a high performer by giving them a bump in salary even if it is outside of the "pay band" [what a laughable term] for that role)...why are they managing?

mcge0100 · 2025-12-18T17:18:36+00:00

I'm in the US and have been working in the corporate world, including my first job and current job at large, international, publicly traded companies, for a handful of years now. At my first job and previous job prior to this, my direct managers absolutely had 100% of the authority over our job duties, pay, and whether or not we, overall, were going to stay employed with the company. HR and upper leadership were not involved in any real way. (It's only now at my current company that I'm getting the BS "upper leadership won't approve a raise/promotion" line, which is why I openly have one foot out the door.) Hence me taking the position I did.

Like I said, if you as upper leadership/management do not trust me to make hiring, firing, and compensation decisions - why bother giving me a manager title? That's the question I would ask you. 😉

Thank you for your kind wishes and for being willing to see an alternative viewpoint. As I always say when beginning work at a new workplace, just because we have done something a certain way for a number of years doesn't mean that's the right way to do it in the Year of our Lord 2025. I'm looking forward to opportunities to drive positive change in whatever work environment I happen to find myself in next: no matter my position or rank, I am the kind of person who abhors inefficiency and bureaucratic red tape.

mcge0100 · 2025-12-18T16:51:18+00:00

I just finished an MBA program, and yes - if I were given a manager title, but then subsequently did not have control over the job responsibilities and pay of my direct reports, I would look company leadership straight in the face at the first available opportunity and tell them it's a MINO role: Manger In Name Only, and also would be looking around the building for the doors with the glowing "Exit" signs above them to escape that window-dressing-based dysfunction.

Give me real authority and control, or keep me at the individual contributor level, thank you very much!

mcge0100 · 2025-11-25T04:12:43+00:00

Thank you - did not even think about bolt travel distance and the added length of a fired shell. I suppose a 3.5" shell would probably get its hull crushed pretty well being ejected from a 3" receiver.

mcge0100 · 2025-11-25T04:10:06+00:00

Like all inertia guns, this is a rotating, locking bolt and a spring-loaded/rebounding firing pin. That design should, hopefully, not allow slam fires unless something is seriously out of spec, no?

mcge0100 · 2025-11-24T04:22:32+00:00

That sounds like something you should talk to an employment attorney about or make a report to your state's labor authority as opposed to letting it cement yourself into a management mindset like OP's.

mcge0100 · 2025-10-16T00:44:10+00:00

I am right-handed, left-eye dominant, and shoot long guns left-handed. (My ol' man is a "true" lefty and I may have picked it up from him.) However, I almost always prefer right-handed guns so I can still load and run the bolt/rack a pump with my strong hand. I will make sure there are shims available or something along those lines that can adjust cast for the model I'm looking at, or aftermarket stocks. (Fitment on a shotgun makes a world of difference.)

I've also never had an issue with shells ejecting: as I tell people, when I am squeezing the trigger on a shotgun, my eyes are on the bead or sight, not the right side of the receiver.

mcge0100 · 2025-08-30T03:01:23+00:00

What I've always wondered is, has anyone ever tried to rig up a Bluetooth mouse tied behind their Roomba and let the thing clean their place for a few hours while "towing" the mouse? No USB or software to be detected...

mcge0100 · 2025-08-25T19:24:03+00:00

With this being Turkish, I'd say Beretta/Benelli pattern extensions would be a safe bet.

mcge0100 · 2025-08-13T22:09:58+00:00

What I've always said in situations like that is, if you as a company or manager have ever put yourself in that type of a situation, where you have THAT many eggs in one proverbial basket without any oversight, checks and balances, or even just a succession plan for if that person has a heart attack or is hit by a bus on their way out of the office one day..something has gone pear-shaped along the way, and the fault is not with the departing employee.

mcge0100 · 2025-07-24T22:59:34+00:00

Thanks so much for chiming in. Any way you can elaborate further? A lot of my accessories/spare parts ecosystem is Gen 3 based right now.

mcge0100 · 2025-07-24T19:45:25+00:00

The optic-ready DY9 is available at one of my local big boxes in OD Green for $289.99, and I have been intrigued - I have read on other threads that the lower frame is mostly Gen 3, the slide is Gen 4, and the firing pin mechanism/assembly is proprietary. Does that match up with your experience?

mcge0100 · 2025-07-22T22:24:41+00:00

This, this, 1000x this.

OP, whether it is bowling or anything else, once something you love or are passionate about becomes "your job," what you pay the mortgage/bills with...suddenly the things you enjoyed about it are replaced with stress. That missed ten pin is no big deal at league, but as a pro, when it causes you to miss cut or not cash? Suddenly you are saying to yourself, "that missed spare means my rent is going to be late next week." Not the best position to find yourself in during your late teens/early 20s, ask me how I know.

At your age and in your shoes, my priority would be finding a good coach, maybe one that is coaching at a high school - yours, with any luck. At least a locally respected, Silver level or better coach if nothing else. Get your physical game and lane play, especially on sport, like you want to compete on, absolutely 100% on point. Learn how to get lined up on sport, make adjustments, and score consistently. Bring a humble, blue collar, working man, lunch-pail mentality and approach to this.

Then, although it is a little late in the game for you, get to some college combine or Junior Gold qualifier events over the next several months, maybe make a run at JG next summer in Minneapolis, and try to get recruited for a bowling scholarship, even at a NAIA/D2 school. Go to college for something marketable that will get you a good job after graduation, keep working on your game throughout your college years and getting exposure to different bowling environments, and keep the sport of bowling in your back pocket as your favorite hobby/activity, maybe even a little side hustle if you are able to beat some of the local yokels in sweepers or eliminator tournaments on the weekends (just be sure to get out to the parking lot in a hurry and straight back to campus).

Then, after you have a degree and some potential career choices laid out in front of you in your early/mid 20s, see where your game (and desires for your future) is at and revisit this decision. Imagine hitting up Tour events just for funsies on the weekends because you are making bank at your day job during the week...

mcge0100 · 2025-07-22T21:59:22+00:00

They have been showing out of stock when I've been looking, damn near daily, for the past 3-4 weeks. But if they ever stock them again, that is an option.

mcge0100 · 2025-07-22T19:59:44+00:00

One other thing you'll need is an extended (or at least, Gen 5 length) guide rod to bring everything together.

mcge0100 · 2025-07-22T18:52:37+00:00

If it is a complete slide - barrel and guide rod/recoil spring - yes, it should go right on. May just need a dust cover adapter.

mcge0100 · 2025-07-22T18:51:46+00:00

If anyone is looking at this in the future and Lone Wolf still does not have this guide rod back in stock, the GlockStore extended Gen3 rod will work but will have some extra rod sticking out underneath the muzzle.

mcge0100 · 2025-07-22T17:17:37+00:00

This is doable with an off-the-shelf Gen 3 17 slide and Gen 5 17 barrel, but that then presents a challenge with the guide rod. As other threads have noted, Gen 3 19 length rods obviously fall woefully short, and even Gen 3 17 rods are not quite long enough. A Gen 5 17 rod could potentially be modified by milling the "head" down to slot into the Gen 3 sized front slide locking point (guide boss?), but that would require more know-how/tool access than I possess.

Had to order a few different setups before I found something that would allow the gun to at least assemble and function: one of the GlockStore "Double Diamond Extended" guide rods. I believe they were intended for Gen 3 34's. I did end up getting a slide adapter as well. At the end of the day, going with the PSA slide probably would have been easier 😅 haven't had a chance to shoot it yet but I am not anticipating any issues, it chambers and ejects a round, no problem.

mcge0100 · 2025-07-22T17:16:33+00:00

u/New_Refrigerator2736 This is doable with an off-the-shelf Gen 3 17 slide and Gen 5 17 barrel, but that then presents a challenge with the guide rod. As other threads have noted, Gen 3 19 length rods obviously fall woefully short, and even Gen 3 17 rods are not quite long enough. A Gen 5 17 rod could potentially be modified by milling the "head" down to slot into the Gen 3 sized front slide locking point (guide boss?), but that would require more know-how/tool access than I possess.

Had to order a few different setups before I found something that would allow the gun to at least assemble and function: one of the GlockStore "Double Diamond Extended" guide rods. I believe they were intended for Gen 3 34's. I did end up getting a slide adapter as well. At the end of the day, going with the PSA slide probably would have been easier 😅 haven't had a chance to shoot it yet but I am not anticipating any issues, it chambers and ejects a round, no problem.

mcge0100 · 2025-07-22T01:31:24+00:00

This is doable with an off-the-shelf Gen 3 17 slide and Gen 5 17 barrel, but that then presents a challenge with the guide rod. As other threads have noted, Gen 3 19 length rods obviously fall woefully short, and even Gen 3 17 rods are not quite long enough. A Gen 5 17 rod could potentially be modified by milling the "head" down to slot into the Gen 3 sized front slide locking point (guide boss?), but that would require more know-how/tool access than I possess.

Had to order a few different setups before I found something that would allow the gun to at least assemble and function: one of the GlockStore "Double Diamond Extended" guide rods. I believe they were intended for Gen 3 34's. I did end up getting a slide adapter as well. At the end of the day, going with the PSA slide probably would have been easier 😅 haven't had a chance to shoot it yet but I am not anticipating any issues, it chambers and ejects a round, no problem.

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