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Monster Thread — Tech companies are dying from the inside…
Twitter.com ^ | 1/13/2022 | Hazard Harrington

Posted on 01/15/2022 10:44:05 AM PST by Beave Meister

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To: Political Junkie Too

Imagine these woke idiots in an open-plan office...


41 posted on 01/15/2022 11:55:03 AM PST by bobcat62
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To: Chuckster
Wow! What a great life and thanks for sharing!

And thank you for the inspiration, too. I needed that.

42 posted on 01/15/2022 11:55:13 AM PST by GBA (Endeavor to persevere)
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To: Beave Meister

They don’t even try to hide ‘anti-white male’ discrimination anymore.

Check out:

https://www.windriver.com/company/careers/diversity

That you even have a ‘diversity’ page is the first red flag. Then look for ‘Goal By 2023’ - they literally have pie charts showing how they’re committed to reducing the amount of white-men.

Can you imagine if this were any other demographic?


43 posted on 01/15/2022 11:57:12 AM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Beave Meister
No one will talk about goodwill aka the intrinsic knowledge old farts (many who are white) have within an organization and now you can't go down the hall and ask: "you have a minute, I need your feedback on this".The local area expert is gone, especially in engineering.

I don't want to get into it, but I am one of these virtual worlds even though I am in a physical space usually solo have to show the team what is or isn't working on "the device".

Language hurdles, time differences, and intermittent / delayed internet from the 3rd world are real issues. On the positive side the team is into what they are doing, dedicated, so far it is not the Utopian Hell this Twitter gent speaks about.

44 posted on 01/15/2022 12:01:46 PM PST by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Songs of Angry Men!")
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To: Mr. K

I work with employers every day. None like WFH. For instance, mistakes and errors have been increased dramatically.

Emails and Zoom allow too many errors. People do not type everything in or the end user does not read the entire email.

Nothing like face to face to discuss a complex problem

Many employees work as hard from home but many do not.

Some employees are disciplined to work from home..others are not and they need structure and overseeing.


45 posted on 01/15/2022 12:03:58 PM PST by setter
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To: Beave Meister

Copy and paste important parts of the tweet? So we don’t have to give Twitter hits?


46 posted on 01/15/2022 12:04:20 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: setter
Some employees are disciplined to work from home..others are not and they need structure and overseeing.

It'll sort itself over time. Companies/businesses that work together/cohesive either through a hybrid format or in a traditonal office setting will be superior over those who WFH.

Unless you're a company like Facebook or Twitter where you are a sort of a monopoly on social media or you work as a Customer Service Representative for a major corporation (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc) then you'll get away with WFH, probably.

47 posted on 01/15/2022 12:08:26 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: gitmo

It’s worth some extra effort to read this one. Different browser.. Twitter app...etc


48 posted on 01/15/2022 12:08:29 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Beave Meister

I’m your ‘old ompany guy’. I come from the time of black suits, white shirts, thin black ties, short flattop haircuts, ‘clark dark’ eyeglass frames, leather cop-type notepad in shirt pocket, comany-supplied parker jotter pen in blue ink only, company-supplied timex watch with leather band, black socks, wingtip shoes, and a james bond look-a-like briefcase.

your personal life and feelings stayed at home, period.
how you acted and what you did, reflected the company 24-7-365. and if management even heard a whisper, you were canned, turn in your company gear, and, the word went out, so, find you a new and different line of work!
dltdhyitaotwo!


49 posted on 01/15/2022 12:13:45 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: bigbob

You guys need to start your own companies with a few key folks, keep it small and offer outstanding products that work

set your own schedules do not work with huge customers controlling your schedule or whatever

give your excellent products as is to small businesses and mid size, whatever you consider those to be, and dont let them dictate your timelines

that doesnt mean dont take feedback or input, that means stay in control of what you’re doing and if you feel stuff isnpressuring you to do things you’re not ready for or aren’t as important as other things dont do it

the worst thing that can happen is you turn into thencompany you couldn’t stand working for before

and you have to stay in control if you also want to enjoy what you do


50 posted on 01/15/2022 12:14:06 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It’s very long and worth the time to read whole article and comments. This is describing a sea change in tech culture with lots of implications for larger society.


51 posted on 01/15/2022 12:16:48 PM PST by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: Beave Meister

bfl


52 posted on 01/15/2022 12:17:51 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (The experts are liars. The conspiracy theorists are the people who have figured out the Truth.)
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To: steve86
It’s very long and worth the time to read whole article and comments. This is describing a sea change in tech culture with lots of implications for larger society.

I gave twitter a hit. Oh well. I skimmed through it quickly. I get the gist. But I have two important figures to point to you. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. They are not going to tolerate any of that crap. So I think that's pretty much it. They're titans of industry and they'll continue to innovate even though we have liberal morons who've gone insane the past couple of years.

53 posted on 01/15/2022 12:25:53 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: Beave Meister

Don’t post links to Twitter Freepers, I refuse to give them clicks and so should we...


54 posted on 01/15/2022 12:32:52 PM PST by databoss
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To: ealgeone

Like a cancer.


55 posted on 01/15/2022 12:44:08 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm in the control group. I identify as "vaccinated".🤡)
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To: Terry L Smith

I grew up on in the tail end of your company structure you worked under.

I was a field rep for an insurance company early 80’s. Suit and tie at all times and only certain colors allowed. Dark blue or black or gray. No browns or greens. No tweed suit top with different color pants

Hair could not be over the ear. 100% of the reps were men. No women reps.

And yes I had a black briefcase.

By the late 80’s that structure starting going away.

Now, all my field reps who visit me ate nearly all women and they wear golf shirts or button down shirts with khaki style pants


56 posted on 01/15/2022 12:46:54 PM PST by setter
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To: setter

Online chat applications like Zoo or Microsoft teams has made it possible for me to communicate faster and easier than Ever before.

And I don’t have to make that five minute trip down the hall to go to somebody’s office I just click on the button and then we’re talking.

I’m finding that Work from home has increased my productivity, and others that I know, Significantly.

Another good example is debugging I can share my screen and watch better than I can At somebody else’s desk trying to look at their computers screen over their shoulder.


57 posted on 01/15/2022 1:12:57 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Lazamataz

I also do a lot of hardware simulation. So it’s actually beneficial for me NOT to be sitting at the physical hardware.

I wish I knew some of the stuff that you know, though. The phone is ringing off the hook for that type of work.


58 posted on 01/15/2022 1:15:16 PM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: ml/nj

Thanks!


59 posted on 01/15/2022 1:20:37 PM PST by Lopeover (Biden & Harris are illegitimate.)
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To: Beave Meister

😊 Thanks.


60 posted on 01/15/2022 1:21:54 PM PST by Lopeover (Biden & Harris are illegitimate.)
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