Habbox

[Special]

I love brandon and he is super quick, but because he is away, nothing gets done as unfortunately Yoshi is slow. Yeah he has given Garion a valid reason, but its been 3 months. Garion said he won't fire him as he is doing his job - no he isn't doing his job.

i do have to agree that things run slower when brandon is away. it took a thread & a pm about the 'report reputation' thread because it wasn't updated & now that brandon is back, everything is how it should be

[Hecktix]

Matt may not be the most decisive of General Managers or the most assertive, however he's only been in the job 2 months and it's quite a hard job to get used to I'd imagine, especially when thrown into it like Matt was, I remember when ---MAD--- became GM, I remember 8Freak8 stayed around to "train him up" for several months, Sammeth had this too from nvr - Matt hasn't really had it from anyone. Jin wouldn't have appointed him in the position if he didn't think he could cope.

[Tintinnabulate]

Matt may not be the most decisive of General Managers or the most assertive, however he's only been in the job 2 months and it's quite a hard job to get used to I'd imagine, especially when thrown into it like Matt was, I remember when ---MAD--- became GM, I remember 8Freak8 stayed around to "train him up" for several months, Sammeth had this too from nvr - Matt hasn't really had it from anyone. Jin wouldn't have appointed him in the position if he didn't think he could cope.

Maybe but its been 2 months. You don't need training to make decisions. Maybe you need it to run Habbox smoothly and manage it effective like you said about giving direction, but training is not needed to make decisions.

[Hecktix]

Maybe but its been 2 months. You don't need training to make decisions. Maybe you need it to run Habbox smoothly and manage it effective like you said about giving direction, but training is not needed to make decisions.

If making decisions is something that a person isn't used to then it'll take a while for them to confidently make decisions, I think Matt has the potential to do these things very well and I've seen some behind the scenes decisions come from Matt which are very confident and impressive - I think this thread should turn from instead of trying to make Matt step down, to telling him what you don't like and he can see if he can improve. I think he's competent and has a lot of potential and on top of that he's friendly too

[hah]

by the looks of it jin appoints anyone who is agm staff as the next gm. . . .
whether or not they can do the job

[Dinosaurawrr]

Jin is the most amazing person i know, yet he will not just let things go by if they was wrong.
Jin would immediatly fire matt if he didnt think it was the right decision.
If we all left and left matt on his own it wouldent be habbox habbox is not MATT its all of us staff, managment, owners, general management, senior staff, listeners, forum users its us all. Not just Matt you cant blame habbox on Matt .
Matt was thrown into asst general manager then removed abruptly and moved straight into general manager he wasn't helped. We do not see what goes on behind the scenes therefore we can't comment on what we do not see.
Matt cares for habbox, the users and everything that goes into it and he trys his best.
No-one should be forced to resign from something they worked hard for and what they ARE good at.


I don't see how you can possibly make any comment on what Jin does as he cares for habbox otherwise he would pay for it and he would not put the effort he does into it if he believe Matt was unable to do the job correctly he would not of gave him that position of trust and authority.

[Tintinnabulate]

If making decisions is something that a person isn't used to then it'll take a while for them to confidently make decisions, I think Matt has the potential to do these things very well and I've seen some behind the scenes decisions come from Matt which are very confident and impressive - I think this thread should turn from instead of trying to make Matt step down, to telling him what you don't like and he can see if he can improve. I think he's competent and has a lot of potential and on top of that he's friendly too

He was FM so he could have seen how Sammeth ran it and get a bit of experience from that. As FM he had to make decisions but from what I hear, he didn't.
I am all for helping him, but I would just hate to see Habbox fail because someone is unable to make the decisions.

[HotelUser]

It seems as if my comrades are avoiding posting in this thread like the plague--atleast for the moment

You've posted a thread outlining how Matt does not do his job, yet you've gone into specifics how other people aren't doing their jobs, or how you believe they could better do their jobs throughout the posts of this thread. It seems (to me atleast) that some of the ideas mentioned above have sort of been on our minds for quite some time, yet we really haven't had a discussion about these things before.

At the moment most everything mentioned in previous posts (save for a push for better staff communication; which I think is unanimous and could probably be extended to include managers being more extensive whilst recruiting staff) seems to be situated around forum related issues. Although these are problems the general manager would be aware of and most likely be involved in resolving to some extent, they're technicalities in determining by themselves as to whether or not the general manager should be dismissed or step down because they don't really confine to the gist of the role of our general manager, which is quite a lot more broad than simply what we observe from posting on the forum.

[Inseriousity.]

its like as soon as one manager says its not possible then thats it game over never happening lol thats the only problem i have with hx as yknow, the staff have jobs and skl and lives to attend to too.

I don't really agree with the Matt bashing, I think he generally does a good job. No-one's perfect, there's never going to be perfection. Maybe he does make decisions, he just doesn't show them appropriately. Most decisions are probably behind the scenes, decisions we'll never see but the appropriate managers pass on. I'm not entirely sure, I tend to just stick with Roxy.

I do however agree with Ryan's quote... if it was the beginning of the year. However, I think on this point we're generally moving in the right direction with general management willing to give their managers more breathing space to try out big events that maybe wouldn't have got approved beforehand. HxFBB, Habbox next top model, habbox elections... and events in the future I can't discuss lol. They've all been done recently.

The communication between general management and department managers is generally okay but the actual communication between departments tends to just be a 'when I need you, I'll ask you' thing atm. It's always seems to me that the departments generally keep too many secrets to themselves (I had no idea there was a habbox model thing coming) when it could be more beneficial to let them know and perhaps get them involved. Although admittedly, the management meetings that we've recently been having do help this as well.

edit: on the yoshi/brandon thing, when he's on his game, Yoshi can be just as fast. Atm, he's not but he has good reason to not be as quick imo and we shouldn't give up on him just yet.

[Catzsy]

What a load of old tosh. This thread has been created on heresay when quite frankly the OP is not actually in any position to judge the facts because he doesn't know them anymore than I do - sounds like a backroom attempt at a A coup d'état. Under Matt there has been more changes than I can remember. More lenient rules and lifting the filter.
More generous avatar and signature sizes. Changes in user ranks so new members start off with 'gold' status and more benefits. Removal of old infractions etc. If there is 'tension' in the managerial ranks then they should all to look to themselves to see perhaps what they are doing wrong themselves, examine whether they keep to their own roles and respect others roles and it and come together as a team. Matt is very dedicated and intelligent enough to run this Forum. Don't forget he has Jin to liaise with and that is not that easy this time of year.
He also has two able AGMs to assist him. As far as I am concerned - well done Matt! ove3: