That is the argument I used at Wang. "How much do you make us every year? "
"Nothing. But you'd pay out $8 million more a year if we weren't here." NOT what they wanted to hear. It never is. FWIW... I have EMC as a *quality* function. No one else does everything. Cheers! Cortland KA5S > I wrote: > >We are a distinct minority among the engineering staff where we work. > >We are a cost center, not a profit center, and often reminded of that. > > John Woodgate wrote: > Without you, your company's products would not be in the market. So your > costs should be compared with other **marketing** costs, such as the > advertising budget. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <emcp...@ptcnh.net> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>
