In a message to Anthony about Comment From Dieter, Rod said:

RS> You dont want to think too much about that sort of stuff, you can come
RS> to some very unpleasant conclusions |-)

You're too late it seems... :(

AM> Does working life get any better as you get older or further up
AM> into the "game"?

Here, you and Brenton seem to agree for a change, only the ratio of
words taken to express this opinion are 63:1. ;)

RS> In some ways it gets worse as some of those fundamentals become
RS> more and more obvious. After a while you can look back over a few
RS> years and realise some of the senior management havent made a
RS> single sensible decision in the whole time you have known them.
RS> That doesnt do a hell of a lot for amicable relations in the
RS> future either |-)

In the three years since we moved next door to our parent company,
I've seen many changes or decisions on many aspects of the companies
operation, that have been motivated for the wrong reasons - from
hiring/firing, technical directions, recessionary but mis-directed
cost cutting, decisions made on short term visions...  These idiots
have the job of a lifetime  - to run a business and make money, yet
they make such fundamentally bad decisions.  What gives?  They are
supposedly trained to make better decisions than I could ever make at
my age, but mere hindsight throws that fact out into the 'urban myth'
category.

For instance, they hired one guy a year ago who'd been 'out of the
game' for god knows how long, and took at least twice as long to do a
project than anyone else would.  Luckily the "three month trial
period" concept was put to good use there, but not for his technical
performance, or lack thereof, but his _personality_!  They've hired a
new engineer that I'm working with now, and whist he's a nice guy and
all, he's a fucking fibre-optic comms engineer!  He just decided he
likes to play with motors and control applications, and so applied for
the job - he obviously dazzled the GM with bullshit.  Now, the reality
of his lack of experience is beginning to show, as the dead lines come
and go... 

'tnt, Amfony.


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