Anything that requires me to have access to a specific type of hardware (PDA) or a specific operating system isn't going to be a lot of help if you're on the road without your gear or your gear gets stolen and you need access now.
Just do something trivial like rot-5 the 5th character of each password if you're concerned about somebody getting access. That would discourage most people from trying.
IIRC, flash has a limited number of writes before it fails. I didn't see in the blurb that Samsung had fixed this so I fail to see how this will replace an HDD on a portable
Oh it'll cost alright. It all gets factored in before any announcement is made.
Who's P&L do you think a general strikewill affect? US's? India's? I'm thinking Europe's. Said losses create the justification for future offshoring of more jobs. It seems to me like that would be plying right into IBM's hands.
The union's position is only strong when the employer has no other alternative. I think they are missing that point.
Yes, you are right. IBM will have to offer those Europeans being laid off the opportunity to do their job in India or China, at Indian/Chinese rates. IBM will have to pay for relocation. How many do you think will want to go?
Excuse me. All Europeans get 2 weeks? I beg your pardon, but you simply don't knwo what you are talking about. I spent 18 weeks outside the US last year on business.
I work for the international arm of a multinational. I have employees on my staff who are European and work in Europe. Our French employees receive 5 weeks of vacation each year. Plus up to two more that get applied using some Byzantine formula. Our German operation is similar.
I have been offered employment in both Asia and Europe in the past year. I'll stick with the US, thank you very much.
Predictable, resaonable and capped tax rates. Something you won't find in most of western europe.
Nobody starves to deat in western europe. It's all socialized. Surely if you work there, you know this.
Not in the least. I live in a country where one can become a millionaire without having to worry about hitting the 90% tax bracket.
Phenomenal benefits for decades? Yes, I guess it has been that way for more than two decades. Maybe three decades. Beyond that? Nuh-uh.
I'm not jealous. In fact, I don't feel my employer owes me anything more than my negotiated compensation package. The instant that stops being a mutally beneficial arrangement, then I expect out relationahip will end.
The global economy is changing, whether or not European employees of multinationals want it to.
Trust me, IBM is no dummy. They knew they had an almost 100% chance of success before ever taking this before any works council. The local entity's profitability is what gets looked at, not the global parent.
Even if the global parent is making gazillions of dollars, if the European subs are losig money (or can be made to appear to be losing money... trivial to do for a company the size of IBM) then IBM can lay off the employees at the non-profitable subs and there isn't a darn thing the work councils can do. In fact, if the unions had a snowball's chance of winning through the legal system, the strike would be unnecessary.
When will the Europeans figure out that their polite, silent walkouts, singing songs, sitting down in the corridors, etc... are viewed with a certain amount of amusement by US companies who are used to associating the word strike with picket lines?
IBM is going to do what's right for IBM. (western) European workers are very highly paid, work on average about 35 hours per week, get 5-7 weeks of paid vacation, and phenomenal benefits (most state supplied, but paid for through employer subsidies).
IBM can get the same work done cheaper China/India/etc. What's their incentive for paying more for the same result?
As the classic Hollywood line goes, "What's my motivation?" If you're going to feed, house & educate me in a safe environment, why should I bother working hard? In fact, why should I bother working at all?
If you are presenting an idea to executive management, there are only two things you should concern yourelf with selling:
- How much does it cost? - What is the benefit to the business? (how many more widgets will it sell, how much money will it save, what new opportunities does this create)
C-level or BoD people simply do not care about the bits undeneath. That's what they pay staff people to worry about, be they high-priced consultants with MBAs or greasy-bearded hippe engineers (your word, not mine).
If you cannot accept this fact of doing business, you will find your career consists of one frustration after the other as your ideas get overlooked, regardless of their merit.
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Anything that requires me to have access to a specific type of hardware (PDA) or a specific operating system isn't going to be a lot of help if you're on the road without your gear or your gear gets stolen and you need access now.
Just do something trivial like rot-5 the 5th character of each password if you're concerned about somebody getting access. That would discourage most people from trying.
IIRC, flash has a limited number of writes before it fails. I didn't see in the blurb that Samsung had fixed this so I fail to see how this will replace an HDD on a portable
I believe it is in response to the turdlet posting the GNAA stuff & the buttwhiff that was posting the "open Proxy" swastikas.
As I don't see "prove you're not a script", I suspect it is limited to AC postings
nothing more.
Also, I didn't see where the cost was free if it mis-identified your song, or how to request a refund, for that matter.
From The Standard Report, compiled by graduate students in jouralism at Regent University:
Average annual vacation days:
Italy 42
France 37
Germany 35
Britain 28
For comparison's sake, the number in the US is 13.
Would that qualify as broad enough to say "Europe"?
My guess is that you work in that part of Europe known as Brooklyn.
Oh it'll cost alright. It all gets factored in before any announcement is made.
Who's P&L do you think a general strikewill affect? US's? India's? I'm thinking Europe's. Said losses create the justification for future offshoring of more jobs. It seems to me like that would be plying right into IBM's hands.
The union's position is only strong when the employer has no other alternative. I think they are missing that point.
You did see the bit about Germany in there too, didn't you?
Dimwit.
The plain truth of this is that the jobs being cut in Europe are not gone, but transfered to India and other low wage countries.
Welcome to the 21st Century and The Global Economy.
Yes, you are right. IBM will have to offer those Europeans being laid off the opportunity to do their job in India or China, at Indian/Chinese rates. IBM will have to pay for relocation. How many do you think will want to go?
Excuse me. All Europeans get 2 weeks? I beg your pardon, but you simply don't knwo what you are talking about. I spent 18 weeks outside the US last year on business.
I work for the international arm of a multinational.
I have employees on my staff who are European and work in Europe. Our French employees receive 5 weeks of vacation each year. Plus up to two more that get applied using some Byzantine formula. Our German operation is similar.
I have been offered employment in both Asia and Europe in the past year. I'll stick with the US, thank you very much.
Predictable, resaonable and capped tax rates. Something you won't find in most of western europe.
Nobody starves to deat in western europe. It's all socialized. Surely if you work there, you know this.
Not in the least. I live in a country where one can become a millionaire without having to worry about hitting the 90% tax bracket.
Phenomenal benefits for decades? Yes, I guess it has been that way for more than two decades. Maybe three decades. Beyond that? Nuh-uh.
I'm not jealous. In fact, I don't feel my employer owes me anything more than my negotiated compensation package. The instant that stops being a mutally beneficial arrangement, then I expect out relationahip will end.
The global economy is changing, whether or not European employees of multinationals want it to.
You realize, that outside of France, France is not considered a player in the global economy, don't you?
More people to do the same amount of work = less profitable and less competitive.
Does this look familiar? US union, Euopean issue. YEt another attempt by the CWA to organize industries that have little interest in unions.
Domain ID:D9294190-LROR
Domain Name:ALLIANCEIBM.ORG
Created On:20-Aug-1999 14:42:38 UTC
Last Updated On:15-Apr-2005 14:30:15 UTC
Expiration Date:20-Aug-2006 14:42:38 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Network Solutions LLC (R63-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:5621098-NSI
Registrant Name:Communications Workers of Amer
Registrant Organization:Communications Workers of Amer
Registrant Street1:Attn. Beth Allen
Registrant Street2:501 3rd Street NW
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Washington
Registrant State/Province:DC
Registrant Postal Code:20001
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Registrant Phone:+1.2024341000
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:ballen@cwa-union.org
The potency of the union and the potency of the web site are similar.
Trust me, IBM is no dummy. They knew they had an almost 100% chance of success before ever taking this before any works council. The local entity's profitability is what gets looked at, not the global parent.
Even if the global parent is making gazillions of dollars, if the European subs are losig money (or can be made to appear to be losing money... trivial to do for a company the size of IBM) then IBM can lay off the employees at the non-profitable subs and there isn't a darn thing the work councils can do. In fact, if the unions had a snowball's chance of winning through the legal system, the strike would be unnecessary.
When will the Europeans figure out that their polite, silent walkouts, singing songs, sitting down in the corridors, etc... are viewed with a certain amount of amusement by US companies who are used to associating the word strike with picket lines?
IBM is going to do what's right for IBM. (western) European workers are very highly paid, work on average about 35 hours per week, get 5-7 weeks of paid vacation, and phenomenal benefits (most state supplied, but paid for through employer subsidies).
IBM can get the same work done cheaper China/India/etc. What's their incentive for paying more for the same result?
Is this going to degenerate into mine's bigger than yours? I've been working with code since 1975.
30 steps. Yeah the same level of steps as defining a company as:
make goods
sell goods
collect money
ok, one level down from that
Code doesn't change it's mind. Code isn't influenced by greed, politics, etc... It's a 1 or it's a 0.
Are you seriously trying to compare human interraction to software?
This is nothing new. If you're a news junkie, you'll see that Slashdot tends to trail the mainstream media by 24-48 hours.
Try clicking on the Submitter link
who's cock do I have to suck to get linked from Slashdot in an Internet popularity contest?
As the classic Hollywood line goes, "What's my motivation?" If you're going to feed, house & educate me in a safe environment, why should I bother working hard? In fact, why should I bother working at all?
How about "how do we optimize our 30-step, international supply chain to increase the number inventory turns per year?"
In the example above, the consultant is speaking in a language the execs understand and the engineer is not.
Tailor your presentation to your audience because the reverse is unlikely to happen.
If you think "business problems" are so mindlessly simple, then you have only been exposed to mindlessly simple business problems.
I meant to say, "having great IT in and of itself".
Sounds like you guys made a seious impact on the business... that's a CEO's wet dream.
Sounds like you have an axe to grind.
If you are presenting an idea to executive management, there are only two things you should concern yourelf with selling:
- How much does it cost?
- What is the benefit to the business? (how many more widgets will it sell, how much money will it save, what new opportunities does this create)
C-level or BoD people simply do not care about the bits undeneath. That's what they pay staff people to worry about, be they high-priced consultants with MBAs or greasy-bearded hippe engineers (your word, not mine).
If you cannot accept this fact of doing business, you will find your career consists of one frustration after the other as your ideas get overlooked, regardless of their merit.