Are you a blamer, or a fixer?

[MJ5150]

So check this out....I am about to be gone from work for six to eight weeks to have surgery. No biggie there. My boss is running around frantically trying to make sure everything I do everyday is done by the other two jokers I work with.

One glaring problem I have found...the two people I work with are "blamers". Now if we were a tier one support desk where our only job was to assign issues out to "responsible" parties, I got no problem with this. But we are not, we support all levels of the issue up to the very top. When an issue arises, their first instinct is to go find a person/department/process/procedure to blame and pass the issue off to. No real attempt to solve the problem. I am the opposite. When an issue is presented to me, I work on resolving it.

I really dislike working with people like this. They don't care about anything beyond keeping their work load empty. I feel sorry for our clients and internal staff while I am gone.

So where do you fall in this? Just wondering.

-Mike

[steve21]

If something happens I generally look at it in the most negative light, assign blame, then work to fix it better and probably due to my ridiculously cocky nature once my touch has been bestowed find it's been fixed and kicks ass now.



Generally.

[bassteban]

I'm kind of bipolar here- depending on the sitch/my mood/which way the wind is blowing, I can blame or fix. I think my nature is to blame but I'm learning that doesn't work.

[DaveDeVille]

before we got married , my wife said i was " a real fixer-upper..."







does that count ?

[jomahu]

i blame, then blame, then blame, then fix.

[bassteban]

I afix blame- to someone else, of course.

[FL Knifemaker]

Being self employed, I have to be a fixer. There's no one but me to blame things on. I try but it always comes back to me

[PSPookie]

I tend to be a fixer. This can be a problem though since people tend to assume that you are the one who messed it up when they see you fixing it. What can you do? Just docment the process and CYA, I suppose.

My first question when something goes wrong is usually "Who can fix this?" istead of "Who effed this up?" It seems like a more productive way to opperate. However, I do agree that identifying the source of the problem can be useful as a means to avoid future mistakes.

[ryco]

I'll fix it the best I know how.

But I also try to be aware of my limitations. If I'm in over my head I'm not shy at all about gettin' somebody with the proper knowledge in on it, rather than make it worse. Then I'm there to support (go get me that 9/16ths gidgmaster over thar) and to watch him so next time maybe I will be able to fix the problem.

But blame is useless. Kid stuff.

[TallLankyBastyd]

I fix what I am capable of fixing and try to know my limitations so that I can find the right person for the job to fix what I'm not qualified to.

The main thing is to get things "fixed" right the first time ASAP!!

[Pilgrim]

My first instinct is to fix it. Over time, I've learned there are some things that aren't worth my time to fix...or I need to go to a specialist.

[Steve]

I am definatly a "Fix the problem not the blame" kinda guy.

[tplyons]

More often than not, I'm a fixer, but when I've just had it, I'm a blamer.

[Gard]

Mike, I blame you, so fix it, now.










...I'm in the middle, leaning toward "fixer" myself. Since I'm management, I tend to also be responsible for most of the stuff that requires "fixing"...

[JonathanD]

Originally Posted by FL Knifemaker

Being self employed, I have to be a fixer. There's no one but me to blame things on. I try but it always comes back to me

One of my first jobs was being self Employed teaching. I learned there that Fixing is good.

Working with a bunch of slackers at my previous job made me learn taht if you are a fixer you end up doing more work and get paid the same amount!
Jonathan

[Rune Bivrin]

I'm a compulsive fixer. Sometimes I break things just to have something to fix. I'm in software.

[gdthomas]

I would like to think of myself as a little bit of both. I fix what I can, when I can do no more I move along.

[MAJOR METAL]

I am a compassionate Uniter.

[werbo1]

If I can I fix it because I want the job done correctly and quickly rather than have to watch someone else go through it for hours. Agony.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

I get blamed then fix things. That count?

But I usually get it sorted, because by the time you argue with someone to figure out who's fault it is, the thing could have been fixed!