Comments on: IT in a Bad Economy is like Playing the Game Jenga http://blog.makingitclear.com/2009/04/11/jenga/ Insight for Current and Future Business Leaders Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:37:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What’s the Opposite of ROI? — How to Compare Cost-Cutting Opportunities — MakingITclear® http://blog.makingitclear.com/2009/04/11/jenga/comment-page-1/#comment-135 What’s the Opposite of ROI? — How to Compare Cost-Cutting Opportunities — MakingITclear® Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:54:46 +0000 http://blog.makingitclear.com/2009/04/11/jenga/#comment-135 [...] IT in a Bad Economy is like Playing the Game Jenga [...] [...] IT in a Bad Economy is like Playing the Game Jenga [...]

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]]> By: Harwell http://blog.makingitclear.com/2009/04/11/jenga/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Harwell Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:29:26 +0000 http://blog.makingitclear.com/2009/04/11/jenga/#comment-24 John E, I can sympathize with your views, but not all companies are the same. Some companies value their employees and realize that the best way to motivate an employee is to find an alignment between an employee's personal goals and the goals of the business. Other companies tend to view employees like disposable parts of a machine. But I don't think the type of company is dictated by religion or nationality. It's more the attitude of the leaders running the company. If you see any consistent message running through the articles I've written in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.makingitclear.com/monthlynewsletters/" rel="nofollow">my newsletters</a> and  <a rel="nofollow" href="http://blog.makingitclear.com/" rel="nofollow">blog</a>, it's that employees should be respected for their value and motivated by recognizing that value. IT is a technical vocation, but that's no reason to disregard the humanity of the people in IT. If anything, we have to try <em>harder</em> to deal with IT people as human beings. John E, I can sympathize with your views, but not all companies are the same. Some companies value their employees and realize that the best way to motivate an employee is to find an alignment between an employee’s personal goals and the goals of the business. Other companies tend to view employees like disposable parts of a machine. But I don’t think the type of company is dictated by religion or nationality. It’s more the attitude of the leaders running the company.

If you see any consistent message running through the articles I’ve written in my newsletters and  blog, it’s that employees should be respected for their value and motivated by recognizing that value. IT is a technical vocation, but that’s no reason to disregard the humanity of the people in IT. If anything, we have to try harder to deal with IT people as human beings.

]]> By: John E. http://blog.makingitclear.com/2009/04/11/jenga/comment-page-1/#comment-23 John E. Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:33:52 +0000 http://blog.makingitclear.com/2009/04/11/jenga/#comment-23 Interesting article, good read. I've been in the Southeastern IT market for 20 years now & looking to change careers due to this recession. Not interested in being a part of the greedy corporate slave labor anymore w/ constant fear of being laid off. What I can't understand is this "free market" or "leveling the playing field" crap I hear/read about too often. Everyone I know's been outsourced now and/or been to India & we are really screwing ourselves over. I now have these non-Christian, immoral, unethical, foreign slaves as neighbors working for the corporate machine & they've proven to me how detrimental this is to our personal freedom, religion, innovation, education, & the future. John Interesting article, good read. I’ve been in the Southeastern IT market for 20 years now & looking to change careers due to this recession. Not interested in being a part of the greedy corporate slave labor anymore w/ constant fear of being laid off.

What I can’t understand is this “free market” or “leveling the playing field” crap I hear/read about too often. Everyone I know’s been outsourced now and/or been to India & we are really screwing ourselves over. I now have these non-Christian, immoral, unethical, foreign slaves as neighbors working for the corporate machine & they’ve proven to me how detrimental this is to our personal freedom, religion, innovation, education, & the future.

John

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