"I found the extreme bitterness of the ex-employee and ex-contractor comments that the DICE piece had elicited even more disturbing than the numbers of layoffs."
I found the same to be true at my last company. One of the biggest things the company underestimated as they made cuts was the change in attitude of the remaining staff. When I started the people were proud to say they worked there and made an effort to do their best and have resilient and reliable systems. After the layoffs people are nearly embarrassed to admit they work there and wind up having to leave issues unresolved because there aren't enough people to fix them. You only have enough time to point your fire hose at the largest fire. That is the difference between a company driving toward quality and only focused on the next management bonus. Here is a link to a Freakonomics podcast (only about 5 minutes long) that discusses how low wages (at least in retail, but I think it applies to all businesses) is just a short term money maker http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/06/14/a-cheap-employee-is-%E2%80%A6-a-cheap-employee-a-new-marketplace-podcast/ Pete Eggebeen Senior Systems Engineer Mainframe Storage Management Kohl's Corporation (920) 980-9601 (Cell) On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 6:27 AM, John Gilmore <jwgli...@gmail.com> wrote: > I found the extreme bitterness of the ex-employee and ex-contractor > comments that the DICE piece had elicited even more disturbing than > the numbers of layoffs. > > Without perhaps meaning to do so, IBM has apparently fostered the > growth of a strongly disaffected programming proletariat that believes > itself to be undervalued and underpaid. > > Anciently, people who worked for IBM and with its equipment were among > its strongest boosters; but this is no longer the case. > > Among new men, strange faces, other minds . . . The old order > changeth, yielding place to new . . . > > John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This is a transmission from Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. and may contain information which is confidential and proprietary. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, copying or distribution or use of the contents of this message is expressly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please destroy it and notify us immediately at 262-703-7000. CAUTION: Internet and e-mail communications are Kohl's property and Kohl's reserves the right to retrieve and read any message created, sent and received. Kohl's reserves the right to monitor messages by authorized Kohl's Associates at any time without any further consent. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
