I was tempted to title this post as to how to “Spot A Bad Manager.” However, it got me thinking. The real root stems from the management is the actual Network. So technically, I decided to continue with Part 2 in How to Detect a Bad Psychic Network.
A bad Psychic network usually staffs the cheapest managers with little experience in managing. See, according to a business 101 class I had in undergrad, management is defined as the process of motivating, organizing, and directing others to achieve organizational goals.
The issue at hand is that most managers at Psychic Networks don’t have any education past High School. Though there is nothing wrong with that, using useful managerial tools requires and knowledge, skills, and, hopefully, experience. It also requires common sense, and above all, it requires empathy.
However, I have seen professionals with MBA’s also bomb out in operating a Psychic Network. For example, in the late ’90s, there was a company called Astronet. They had so many illegal practices they were being sued left and right. Eventually, they shut down.
In turn, they violated many aspects that an intelligent and healthy business wouldn’t. The biggest issue was that they disguised independent contractors as employees by not allowing them to contract elsewhere. That is a significant no-no. I’m familiar with a business outside of this industry that was audited by an agency. Sometimes a Psychic Network that is guilty of practices will shut down immediately or move overseas.
A more recent example of bad management is when a client files a complaint in terms of reading quality, and customer service is more concerned about having the client come back. The proper way to handle a claim is a balancing act. We believe the log of the recording should be inspected. Surely some consumers will try to dodge charges. A reader should not have those monies deducted.
One network, in particular, Sweatshopa, has many questionable practices: charging for payroll distribution, payroll performed once a month (after the first), allowing “IOU” billing, refunds a client for any reason, forces the readers to give three free minutes, and the list goes on. However, the staff management that handles Psychics with minimal experience, and it shows!
Handling staffing requires education and people skills. However, managing Psychics is a different science. It involves industry knowledge.
Be sure to learn more about these sweatshop practices in: Tip 9, Tip 10, Tip 11, Tip 12, Tip 13, Tip 16 , Tip 18 , Tip 22, Tip #24, Tip 25 and Tip 26
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