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The nine banks received the money when the government
purchased ownership stakes in them by authority granted in a $700 billion Wall
Street rescue plan. The nine banks
have awarded $108 billion in total compensation and bonuses in the first nine
months of 2008. Other recipients of the letter include Bank of New York
Mellon Corp., J.P Morgan Chase Co., Merrill Lynch Co. Inc., Morgan
Stanley, State Street Corp., and Wells Fargo Co. - Assessing the environment to understand the current state of
affairs - enterprise want new employees or managers to bring
something to the table. If the department is running smoothly, they want the
new employee to help move the organization forward. If something is not
working, they want the new employee to help fix it.
- Defining what is expected of you and what success is 3, 6,
and 12 months out - How management define success for the
position. To do this the new employee needs to know what managements
expectations are. Ask the right
questions and listen to the answers.
- Learning the politics of the situation - the
new employee needs to get to know their peers, supervisors and who the power
centers they will be interacting with are. The new employee will need to
identify the individuals who will directly and indirectly affect your ability
to get the job done - it may be an individual completely out of the new
employee's organizational structure.
- Learning how people interact and how things get
done - one of the trickiest tasks of any new job is figuring out
the culture and office
politics so you don't step on toes or run afoul of your colleagues.
- Getting something good done
quickly - the enterprise will judge the new employee from the
start, so the new employee needs to establish credibility quickly. One way to
do that is to look for an early success.
"During the third quarter, Yahoo! began implementing
a series of cost reduction initiatives that contributed to the Company's
adjusted operating cash flow exceeding the midpoint of its outlook for the
quarter. The Company's goal is to reduce its current annualized cost run rate of
approximately $3.9 billion by more than $400 million before the end of 2008. The
Company antici
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