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> In response to Tracy . . .
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> I guess I don't see the difference in "I do not trust [contractors]" and "I do not trust contractors *to know what makes my management happy.*"
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> If your contractors are working on-site, with day-to-day contact with the client and the client's management, they may know more about what "makes [my] management happy" than you do, wouldn't they?
Oh, it makes sense now. I didn't realize you were assuming that contractors *always* work on-site. Mine *never* do, and they have no contact with management. That's why I'm the one who knows what would make management happy and what would make them very, very angry. I hope. :-)
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington mailto:tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma http://www.okvotech.org/cimc
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