Time to fire 30% of public employees

[TheBreeze]

[quote=asianautica]
The company that doesn’t see through this bureaucratic shenanigan won’t be able to hold onto their top productive employees for very long. The people in my generation have no qualm in leaving for greener pasture at the first sight of middle management BS. We might be idealistic but we can see right through the BS. If middle management want to play those kind of bureaucratic shenanigans, you’ll see us go right across the street to your competitors. If you take a look at Google, most projects are led by people under 30 and sometimes, under 25.[/quote]

Don’t look now, but Google’s stock has been crashing. 🙂

It doesn’t matter though. Good middle managers don’t want Top Guns who could work for Google. We want socially-awkward grunts who are good at their jobs but not so good at politics. Good middle managers know how to play on the insecurities and inexperience of their grunts to get them to work harder.

And good luck getting another job in this environment. Do you really think you are that valuable? In this market, there are 10 college grads with high GPAs and no experience in playing the political game who are chomping at the bit to take your place. They’ll come in knowing the latest technology and they’ll work cheaper.

Just continue to do as your told and make sure you make your manager look good. Otherwise … you might be forced to take your (possibly self-overrated) talents to another company. 🙂

[CA renter]

AN & patientrenter,

You both mention Greenspan’s low rates, and I wholeheartedly concur. IMHO, Greenspan is the #1 guilty party in this whole affair, even to the extent that I believe he spawned the beginnings of this bubble back in the 80s (along with Reagan). He decimated the concept of moral hazard, and his policies encouraged excessive risk-taking and misallocation of resources. His answer to every little recesssion or problem was to inflate our way out of everything with easy money/debt. Far from being “The Maestro” I believe he is an evil criminal who is largely responsible for shifting wealth from the working class to the “financial” class. The Federal Reserve is not a govt-owned entity, but it is closely aligned with the Executive branch of the govt (the president appoints the Chairman of the Federal Reserve).

Anyway…so much corruption, and so little public representation. If there is any one thing that scares the heck out of me, it’s that Congres passed the Wall Street bailout bill so quickly, in spite of the most overwhelming negative public response they’ve ever had in history. Very scary, indeed.

BTW, the Fast Money guys on CNBC were commenting about the “scene” in front of the NYSE last Friday. Said it looked like a “Dead show” (referencing the big tailgate parties/hippies at Grateful Dead shows). Not really sure what they were talking about, as there was no news on Google. I know they’ve had massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.

[CA renter]

AN & patientrenter,

You both mention Greenspan’s low rates, and I wholeheartedly concur. IMHO, Greenspan is the #1 guilty party in this whole affair, even to the extent that I believe he spawned the beginnings of this bubble back in the 80s (along with Reagan). He decimated the concept of moral hazard, and his policies encouraged excessive risk-taking and misallocation of resources. His answer to every little recesssion or problem was to inflate our way out of everything with easy money/debt. Far from being “The Maestro” I believe he is an evil criminal who is largely responsible for shifting wealth from the working class to the “financial” class. The Federal Reserve is not a govt-owned entity, but it is closely aligned with the Executive branch of the govt (the president appoints the Chairman of the Federal Reserve).

Anyway…so much corruption, and so little public representation. If there is any one thing that scares the heck out of me, it’s that Congres passed the Wall Street bailout bill so quickly, in spite of the most overwhelming negative public response they’ve ever had in history. Very scary, indeed.

BTW, the Fast Money guys on CNBC were commenting about the “scene” in front of the NYSE last Friday. Said it looked like a “Dead show” (referencing the big tailgate parties/hippies at Grateful Dead shows). Not really sure what they were talking about, as there was no news on Google. I know they’ve had massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.

[CA renter]

AN & patientrenter,

You both mention Greenspan’s low rates, and I wholeheartedly concur. IMHO, Greenspan is the #1 guilty party in this whole affair, even to the extent that I believe he spawned the beginnings of this bubble back in the 80s (along with Reagan). He decimated the concept of moral hazard, and his policies encouraged excessive risk-taking and misallocation of resources. His answer to every little recesssion or problem was to inflate our way out of everything with easy money/debt. Far from being “The Maestro” I believe he is an evil criminal who is largely responsible for shifting wealth from the working class to the “financial” class. The Federal Reserve is not a govt-owned entity, but it is closely aligned with the Executive branch of the govt (the president appoints the Chairman of the Federal Reserve).

Anyway…so much corruption, and so little public representation. If there is any one thing that scares the heck out of me, it’s that Congres passed the Wall Street bailout bill so quickly, in spite of the most overwhelming negative public response they’ve ever had in history. Very scary, indeed.

BTW, the Fast Money guys on CNBC were commenting about the “scene” in front of the NYSE last Friday. Said it looked like a “Dead show” (referencing the big tailgate parties/hippies at Grateful Dead shows). Not really sure what they were talking about, as there was no news on Google. I know they’ve had massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.

[CA renter]

AN & patientrenter,

You both mention Greenspan’s low rates, and I wholeheartedly concur. IMHO, Greenspan is the #1 guilty party in this whole affair, even to the extent that I believe he spawned the beginnings of this bubble back in the 80s (along with Reagan). He decimated the concept of moral hazard, and his policies encouraged excessive risk-taking and misallocation of resources. His answer to every little recesssion or problem was to inflate our way out of everything with easy money/debt. Far from being “The Maestro” I believe he is an evil criminal who is largely responsible for shifting wealth from the working class to the “financial” class. The Federal Reserve is not a govt-owned entity, but it is closely aligned with the Executive branch of the govt (the president appoints the Chairman of the Federal Reserve).

Anyway…so much corruption, and so little public representation. If there is any one thing that scares the heck out of me, it’s that Congres passed the Wall Street bailout bill so quickly, in spite of the most overwhelming negative public response they’ve ever had in history. Very scary, indeed.

BTW, the Fast Money guys on CNBC were commenting about the “scene” in front of the NYSE last Friday. Said it looked like a “Dead show” (referencing the big tailgate parties/hippies at Grateful Dead shows). Not really sure what they were talking about, as there was no news on Google. I know they’ve had massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.

[CA renter]

AN & patientrenter,

You both mention Greenspan’s low rates, and I wholeheartedly concur. IMHO, Greenspan is the #1 guilty party in this whole affair, even to the extent that I believe he spawned the beginnings of this bubble back in the 80s (along with Reagan). He decimated the concept of moral hazard, and his policies encouraged excessive risk-taking and misallocation of resources. His answer to every little recesssion or problem was to inflate our way out of everything with easy money/debt. Far from being “The Maestro” I believe he is an evil criminal who is largely responsible for shifting wealth from the working class to the “financial” class. The Federal Reserve is not a govt-owned entity, but it is closely aligned with the Executive branch of the govt (the president appoints the Chairman of the Federal Reserve).

Anyway…so much corruption, and so little public representation. If there is any one thing that scares the heck out of me, it’s that Congres passed the Wall Street bailout bill so quickly, in spite of the most overwhelming negative public response they’ve ever had in history. Very scary, indeed.

BTW, the Fast Money guys on CNBC were commenting about the “scene” in front of the NYSE last Friday. Said it looked like a “Dead show” (referencing the big tailgate parties/hippies at Grateful Dead shows). Not really sure what they were talking about, as there was no news on Google. I know they’ve had massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.

[CA renter]

…massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.
——————–
Clarification: massive protests (the stock market certainly isn’t rallying on Wall Street!). 😉

[CA renter]

…massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.
——————–
Clarification: massive protests (the stock market certainly isn’t rallying on Wall Street!). 😉

[CA renter]

…massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.
——————–
Clarification: massive protests (the stock market certainly isn’t rallying on Wall Street!). 😉

[CA renter]

…massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.
——————–
Clarification: massive protests (the stock market certainly isn’t rallying on Wall Street!). 😉

[CA renter]

…massive rallys on Wall Street recently, but little or no MSM coverage. That should also be very frightening to any thinking American.
——————–
Clarification: massive protests (the stock market certainly isn’t rallying on Wall Street!). 😉

[an]

[quote=TheBreeze]
Don’t look now, but Google’s stock has been crashing. 🙂

It doesn’t matter though. Good middle managers don’t want Top Guns who could work for Google. We want socially-awkward grunts who are good at their jobs but not so good at politics. Good middle managers know how to play on the insecurities and inexperience of their grunts to get them to work harder.

And good luck getting another job in this environment. Do you really think you are that valuable? In this market, there are 10 college grads with high GPAs and no experience in playing the political game who are chomping at the bit to take your place. They’ll come in knowing the latest technology and they’ll work cheaper.

Just continue to do as your told and make sure you make your manager look good. Otherwise … you might be forced to take your (possibly self-overrated) talents to another company. 🙂
[/quote]
Sorry to burst your bubble but I’d leave long before any middle manager would even think of doing such a thing. Luckily, I’m working for a company that’s flat, transparent, and have no middle manager.

FYI, this might be informational to you. Playing/recognizing politics shenanigans is hardly rocket science.

[an]

[quote=TheBreeze]
Don’t look now, but Google’s stock has been crashing. 🙂

It doesn’t matter though. Good middle managers don’t want Top Guns who could work for Google. We want socially-awkward grunts who are good at their jobs but not so good at politics. Good middle managers know how to play on the insecurities and inexperience of their grunts to get them to work harder.

And good luck getting another job in this environment. Do you really think you are that valuable? In this market, there are 10 college grads with high GPAs and no experience in playing the political game who are chomping at the bit to take your place. They’ll come in knowing the latest technology and they’ll work cheaper.

Just continue to do as your told and make sure you make your manager look good. Otherwise … you might be forced to take your (possibly self-overrated) talents to another company. 🙂
[/quote]
Sorry to burst your bubble but I’d leave long before any middle manager would even think of doing such a thing. Luckily, I’m working for a company that’s flat, transparent, and have no middle manager.

FYI, this might be informational to you. Playing/recognizing politics shenanigans is hardly rocket science.

[an]

[quote=TheBreeze]
Don’t look now, but Google’s stock has been crashing. 🙂

It doesn’t matter though. Good middle managers don’t want Top Guns who could work for Google. We want socially-awkward grunts who are good at their jobs but not so good at politics. Good middle managers know how to play on the insecurities and inexperience of their grunts to get them to work harder.

And good luck getting another job in this environment. Do you really think you are that valuable? In this market, there are 10 college grads with high GPAs and no experience in playing the political game who are chomping at the bit to take your place. They’ll come in knowing the latest technology and they’ll work cheaper.

Just continue to do as your told and make sure you make your manager look good. Otherwise … you might be forced to take your (possibly self-overrated) talents to another company. 🙂
[/quote]
Sorry to burst your bubble but I’d leave long before any middle manager would even think of doing such a thing. Luckily, I’m working for a company that’s flat, transparent, and have no middle manager.

FYI, this might be informational to you. Playing/recognizing politics shenanigans is hardly rocket science.

[an]

[quote=TheBreeze]
Don’t look now, but Google’s stock has been crashing. 🙂

It doesn’t matter though. Good middle managers don’t want Top Guns who could work for Google. We want socially-awkward grunts who are good at their jobs but not so good at politics. Good middle managers know how to play on the insecurities and inexperience of their grunts to get them to work harder.

And good luck getting another job in this environment. Do you really think you are that valuable? In this market, there are 10 college grads with high GPAs and no experience in playing the political game who are chomping at the bit to take your place. They’ll come in knowing the latest technology and they’ll work cheaper.

Just continue to do as your told and make sure you make your manager look good. Otherwise … you might be forced to take your (possibly self-overrated) talents to another company. 🙂
[/quote]
Sorry to burst your bubble but I’d leave long before any middle manager would even think of doing such a thing. Luckily, I’m working for a company that’s flat, transparent, and have no middle manager.

FYI, this might be informational to you. Playing/recognizing politics shenanigans is hardly rocket science.

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