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Inkhorn wrote:
"1. Family comes first.
2. Family is not at work.
3. No employer will ever take care of your interests better
than yourself.
4. An employer`s promise to you is fiction until you see it
performed.
5. Always put your ear to the ground to hear which way the
buffalo are going.
6. Success has no address.
7. Reputation and quality of work will get you into the
saddle anywhere, anytime."
I'd like to recommend an article in this month's Utne Reader magazine on the
ways in which some high-tech companies exploit (mostly young) people. One of
the most effective ways is to keep you working by keeping you on site. This
is accomplished by providing everything you want - games, beer, food,
personalized office space complete with sleeping arrangements, a
pseudo-social life with other captive singles, etc.
It's a very thought-provoking article and would explain why companies with
the technology and supposed cutting-edge management policies blanch at the
word "telecommute." After all, it makes great business sense to pay salary,
benefits, and training costs for one employee who does the work of two. Free
beer is chump change in comparison.
Kathy Galvin
SAFECO Business Continuity Documentation Team
Better! Faster! Cheaper!
(Pick two.)
