I'm going to read into that answer a little and say that I hear you already recognize some shortcomings. ROI on upgrades is a bit difficult to calculate, especially due...

I dropped out of...

I've had good team building experiences when they were not coordinated by management. If management does get involved, make it worth it. The worst thing, and I've seen this all...

"I certainly have found myself looking for other employment when the amount of fire-fighting time exceeds the amount of enhancement time."

That's every job I've ever had except my current one....

You and I probably agree on what is good enough Steve, but I have disagreed many times with my managers and even more with marketing. I get tired of arguing...

Everything I have seen with unions shows me that I am much better off working with my employer on my salary. I am a much better at negotiating than...

Not sure who is going to read this reopened thread. I have a cushy gov't job, and yes all that stuff is true, but mgmt reserves the right to assign...

This is definitely happening to my department. Partly by a shift to outsourcing and largely due to the slow response times that we have come to be known for. (No...

We use VSS, and I'm in the minority of team that advocates it. I know there are better options, but I don't want to open that can of worms. The...

Great post Steve. You'd think that the idea of presenting data would be non-controversial, but there you have it.

Did anyone notice Dilbert today? Dilbert says that the analysis of the "Big Data" shows that his productivity plunges whenever the boss learns new jargon.

Kinda surprised at that story. At a former site, we had one guy who went to the security workshop, came back and told everyone to lock their stations, and most...

A basic problem of "doing the right thing" has been raised here, that is, it can be dangerous. MLK knew this well. The comments about security are pretty standard. People...

Not funny. This is the troll behavior I said would happen in this thread.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention Steve. I have been following a similar discussion in the atheist community about a woman being offered "coffee" in an elevator at 3...