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  • RE: Prevent Outsourcing

    Outsourcing does not necessarily mean that you'll lose your job.

    This has not been my experience, and I have been in the business for 25 years. Every IT department I...

  • RE: Prevent Outsourcing

    Don't confuse Outsourcing with Off-shoring. There are thousands of IT workers in the US that provide outsource services.

    Although I think Off-shoring does have some value (limited) I agree that...

  • RE: Prevent Outsourcing

    Obama plans to end Outsourcing/Off-Shoring of American jobs and I hope he succeeds. Many Congessmen/Senators this election year are running on the same platform. American jobs for Americans first....

  • RE: ROWE

    Steve Jones - Editor (7/23/2010)


    TravisDBA (7/23/2010)


    Every manager I have ever asked about ROWE did not like it. Here is what some of them had to say about ROWE:

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    I think your...

  • RE: ROWE

    Every manager I have ever asked about ROWE did not like it. Here is what some of them had to say about ROWE:

    •Flexible work hours (Manager:"People tend to take advantage...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    My problem is that they can turn anything into a reason, such as "A pattern of absences" even if it is reasonable to have missed work (unsafe road conditions -...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    Michael Valentine Jones (7/21/2010)


    TravisDBA (7/21/2010)


    Steve Jones - Editor (7/21/2010)


    Until Red Gate, I had always worked at "at will" employment places. Still didn't prevent HR from being scared to terminate people.

    Really?...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    Steve Jones - Editor (7/21/2010)


    Until Red Gate, I had always worked at "at will" employment places. Still didn't prevent HR from being scared to terminate people.

    Really? I find that "at...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    Steve Jones - Editor (7/21/2010)


    The US is very litigious, but I don't think that extends to employment very often, sexual harassment being the most prominent, maybe race/age discrimination.

    However HR departments...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    dma-669038 (7/20/2010)


    I don't think enough thought has been given to the fact that the blogger DBA has left the organization while the SAN admin is still there. In 9 out...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    stephen k. gartrell (7/20/2010)


    The answer to your question - from my perspective - lies within the answer to the question: Is the DBA responsible for protecting the data in...

  • RE: Incompetent or Malicious

    Without being there is no way we will ever know how the undocumented conversation actually went down but I can say that something this important should have been recorded in...

  • RE: Collective Intelligence

    Steve Jones - Editor (7/19/2010)


    I'd say the thing to become is valuable. Show that you are contributing to the business and worth keeping around for the things you do.

    I agree...

  • RE: Collective Intelligence

    I'm just saying that the breadth of technologies that you could trivia about during an interview is staggering.

    Very true, but you could say that about alot of professions today...

  • RE: Collective Intelligence

    That is so true, but taking this posture worries me that one day I will be in one of those interviews where they like to ask nitpicky questions about specific...

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