You're right about the escort at many places now. I work for Amex and it is company policy that you be escorted off the premises immediately after you give notice that you are working for a direct competitor. Microsoft's behavior has nothing to do with "fear", as the person in the article alludes; rather it is so that the person leaving the company for the competition doesn't learn any more about the company that could be used by the competition. It would be the same if a Google employee left for Microsoft, or a Visa employee left for Discover. Even though you sign a non-disclosure agreement, it's human to inadvertently pass information to the competition through simple conversation, so companies choose to minimize their risk. And I've seen the "perp walk" handled very well, unlike your experience with qwest. She knew how upset we were to lose her and were sorry that company policy mandated that she be escorted out immediately. We couldn't even throw her a party. Our VP, who escorted her out, was really sorry to lose here, too.
Hey, some of us slash-dotters know what a Girl is cuz we are Girlz. We just want to know what the term "man" means, since we've yet to meet any.... *snick*
Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm sure some of you have hit puberty by now.
Yeah, considering you can go to Borders, buy a cd, and bring it back. Oh, the policy is that you can't return open cd's, but if you whine a lot and ask to speak to a manager, you're good to go. The RIAA doesn't even go after them, so I can't figure out why they go after moms and kids.
Uhhh, the "reverend" Ted Haggart isn't a catholic, last I checked. I've found that most people are good people, church or not church; it's the lunatic fringe that screws up everything. They're the reason that people think that:
-- Christians are crazy
-- Muslims hate the US (no, they don't; it's the lunatic fringe)
-- computer geeks are into kids (thanks a lot, Dateline!)
And most/.ers aren't into chicken sex. It's ducks. Didn't you ever see David Lynch's site? I mean, really. Chickens?
Every job I've ever had I've given two weeks' notice. There was no worries, no bad feelings, and often I'd work for them on the side to help them transition to my replacement. Even one place where they were very dismissive of me had me continue to work for them for an additional six months, leaving me the full access I had prior to leaving. I was a systems admin. Guess there's something to be said for having integrity and a great attitude at your job.
Thanks for the intelligent discussion. I just graduated college a few months ago and had the the fortune to take what I thought was going to be an easy course: Environmental Science. What an eye opener. We had to do research papers, both pro and con, on a variety of subjects, forcing us (or at least me) to truly learn and understand the subject. In the process of our discussion on global warming, I learned that we had a mini ice age for quite a long period. It was actually considered that human activities prevented a true ice age.
I also learned that many of the studies used to refute global warming came from groups who received large sums of money from major corporations whose interests are impeded by the EPA. This surprised me greatly because Michael Crichton's book attacking global warming used these very institutions. In effect, although I usually greatly enjoy Crichton's fiction, this book made me sorry for him since he so very obviously believed what he was saying. My husband still refuses to believe that Crichton's book is flawed because it was so well executed. That's the saddest part; it was well researched and very well executed; however, much of what Crichton writes has been proven false since NASA was able to fire that twit who tried to pass himself off as a graduate of Texas A&M.
I'm glad to see intelligent discourse in the midst of the rants. Some of these guys sound like my teenage son who has no real information, just a lot of opinions.
Interesting section on the government being behind just this kind of move to "simplfy" spelling and words so that people wouldn't have to think about it. Creepy. Very Orwellian.
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You're right about the escort at many places now. I work for Amex and it is company policy that you be escorted off the premises immediately after you give notice that you are working for a direct competitor. Microsoft's behavior has nothing to do with "fear", as the person in the article alludes; rather it is so that the person leaving the company for the competition doesn't learn any more about the company that could be used by the competition. It would be the same if a Google employee left for Microsoft, or a Visa employee left for Discover. Even though you sign a non-disclosure agreement, it's human to inadvertently pass information to the competition through simple conversation, so companies choose to minimize their risk. And I've seen the "perp walk" handled very well, unlike your experience with qwest. She knew how upset we were to lose her and were sorry that company policy mandated that she be escorted out immediately. We couldn't even throw her a party. Our VP, who escorted her out, was really sorry to lose here, too.
... while the Face of Bo lives on...
sowwy, my mummy and daddy are out with theiw fweinds. my name is edith anne, and I'm only five yeaws old....
Dude, what planet do you live on?
Hey, some of us slash-dotters know what a Girl is cuz we are Girlz. We just want to know what the term "man" means, since we've yet to meet any.... *snick*
Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm sure some of you have hit puberty by now.
Yeah, considering you can go to Borders, buy a cd, and bring it back. Oh, the policy is that you can't return open cd's, but if you whine a lot and ask to speak to a manager, you're good to go. The RIAA doesn't even go after them, so I can't figure out why they go after moms and kids.
Uhhh, the "reverend" Ted Haggart isn't a catholic, last I checked. I've found that most people are good people, church or not church; it's the lunatic fringe that screws up everything. They're the reason that people think that: -- Christians are crazy -- Muslims hate the US (no, they don't; it's the lunatic fringe) -- computer geeks are into kids (thanks a lot, Dateline!) And most /.ers aren't into chicken sex. It's ducks. Didn't you ever see David Lynch's site? I mean, really. Chickens?
Every job I've ever had I've given two weeks' notice. There was no worries, no bad feelings, and often I'd work for them on the side to help them transition to my replacement. Even one place where they were very dismissive of me had me continue to work for them for an additional six months, leaving me the full access I had prior to leaving. I was a systems admin. Guess there's something to be said for having integrity and a great attitude at your job.
Thanks for the intelligent discussion. I just graduated college a few months ago and had the the fortune to take what I thought was going to be an easy course: Environmental Science. What an eye opener. We had to do research papers, both pro and con, on a variety of subjects, forcing us (or at least me) to truly learn and understand the subject. In the process of our discussion on global warming, I learned that we had a mini ice age for quite a long period. It was actually considered that human activities prevented a true ice age.
I also learned that many of the studies used to refute global warming came from groups who received large sums of money from major corporations whose interests are impeded by the EPA. This surprised me greatly because Michael Crichton's book attacking global warming used these very institutions. In effect, although I usually greatly enjoy Crichton's fiction, this book made me sorry for him since he so very obviously believed what he was saying. My husband still refuses to believe that Crichton's book is flawed because it was so well executed. That's the saddest part; it was well researched and very well executed; however, much of what Crichton writes has been proven false since NASA was able to fire that twit who tried to pass himself off as a graduate of Texas A&M.
I'm glad to see intelligent discourse in the midst of the rants. Some of these guys sound like my teenage son who has no real information, just a lot of opinions.
Interesting section on the government being behind just this kind of move to "simplfy" spelling and words so that people wouldn't have to think about it. Creepy. Very Orwellian.