After takin' a swig o' grog, nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> On Jan 26, 6:25 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.cringely.com/2009/01/bob-the-impaler/
First there is the issue of Microsoft having never before had a layoff.
In one sense why would they? The company makes so darned much money
-- or at least they have historically -- that layoffs in the
traditional sense of cutting fixed costs have hardly been necessary. But
there is a problem with not having layoffs and that's the sad fact
that it makes it difficult to get rid of people who simply don't
belong. There are a lot of folks at Microsoft who should have departed
long ago, but why? It's comfortable in a way, the benefits are good,
and once you've been around for a few years, heck, there's not
much they could ever do to get rid of you. There are people --
possibly thousands of people -- coasting at Microsoft because of the
company's policy of simply allowing it.
I find that statement somewhat surprising. I thought the heavens would open
up on you there if you didn't perform. Or is that a legend promulgated
deliberately, like the legend that Windows 7 is not just a Vista Service
Pack?
--
The politician is someone who deals in man's problems of adjustment.
To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.
-- Buckminster Fuller
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