[TheForge] OT Union Rant (Was Re: concrete)

[Andy Vida]

GHS wrote:

> You are, however, fortunate. The test I apply is the difference between
> being a human and an organic resource.

	Agreed.  Good companies are comparatively uncommon.  AT&T is
	a prime example of just how bad a company can get.  I will
	mercifully spare you all the horror stories.
> 
> This same guy heard that his maid had an ice problem at her home from
> some leaky gutters. He just called me and told me to fix it, and bill him.
> 
> To him every one is a person.

	This is a key to success.  I've managed many projects, some
	with budgets of $100M, which is beginning to get into what
	I would call significant size.  I've watched clients treat
	their people like dirt and, predictably, their projects
	routinely fail.  They have NO clue as to why.  One thing I
	can say for myself is that as far as I know everyone that's
	ever worked for me has liked it precisely because I treat people
	with courtesy and respect.  if I am empowered to do so, I 
	thank them with as much money as possible when jobs are well
	done.  This is rarely so, though.  What I don't understand is
	why these upper managers see fit to get tight fisted with,
	say, $100K in bonus money when the product/service they sell
	brings them in, say, 100 to 1000 times that every stinking
	year.  Give $1K away here and there over the life of a project
	to those who have done their jobs extremely well and those
	people will march through the gates of hell for you without
	even having to ask them.  Myopia is a raging epidemic in
	corporate America.