Total agreement. Same has/is going on here. On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:57 AM, Peter Eggebeen <peter.eggeb...@kohls.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." > > 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 > -- This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
