On (15 Nov 93) Anthony May wrote to Paul Edwards...



 AM> If an employer wants to turn a blind eye to its employees slackness or

 AM> unsuitability to the job, then so be it IMO.  It's a free world.  If

 AM> they go out of business, then you'll know why.



 its a case of whether the returns justify the hassles, you would be stupid

 to sack you star programmer just because (s)he habitually turned up 10 mins

 late in the morning. one of lifes little tasks is to accurately assess your 

 contribution to the system so that you know how much you can buck it.



 back in the days when the computer industry was actually fun to work in, it

 wasn't uncommon to find that the most brilliant support people were also 

 highly erratic characters. they were simply kept in cages well away from

 customers until a problem requiring their talents occurred, and then let 

 loose on it. one guy that i worked with was threatened with the sack every

 week for his style of dress (hawaiian shirt, baggy shorts, and thongs) but

 the management knew, as he did, that they wouldn't sack him, his 

 contribution was just so great. in fact there was mass panic when he 

 eventually resigned.



 of course, if you aspire to megabucks as a salesman/marketeer or manager,

 you have to suss out the rules and wear an ammani suit and get a 110 ohm

 nose. i've never bothered to try, i just cant stand the taste of shit.



                keith



... Strange days indeed!!



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