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    • gjacobseG
      gjacobse @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @jt1001001 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      so here's a holy (insert explitive here). Been at my current job 15 years! That 1/3 of my life!

      I've been with NTG for 18+ years!

      Been with NTG for just over two now... looking for many many more...Longest stent was a few ago and that was seven... Been working with / on computers since about '87 or so... Since '89 I think I have had all of two jobs not in IT - and they were just tie overs....

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

        Of course they value their employees...

        I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

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        • NerdyDadN
          NerdyDad @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

          Of course they value their employees...

          I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

          Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

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          • coliverC
            coliver @NerdyDad
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            @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

            Of course they value their employees...

            I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

            Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

            Well... a lot of tasks can be automated and many could probably be done with fewer people.

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            • DustinB3403D
              DustinB3403 @coliver
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              @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

              Of course they value their employees...

              I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

              Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

              Well... a lot of tasks can be automated and many could probably be done with fewer people.

              Paying for the automation is what is difficult.

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              • NerdyDadN
                NerdyDad @coliver
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                @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                Of course they value their employees...

                I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

                Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

                Well... a lot of tasks can be automated and many could probably be done with fewer people.

                Or outsourced to other specialized companies? Such as PayCom for payroll, PayPal for payment processing, etc? Just have the business focus on its core duties? How much money would a company be spending by outsourcing all of this? How much could it save? I bet you the costs would outweigh the savings.

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                • coliverC
                  coliver @NerdyDad
                  last edited by

                  @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                  Of course they value their employees...

                  I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

                  Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

                  Well... a lot of tasks can be automated and many could probably be done with fewer people.

                  Or outsourced to other specialized companies? Such as PayCom for payroll, PayPal for payment processing, etc? Just have the business focus on its core duties? How much money would a company be spending by outsourcing all of this? How much could it save? I bet you the costs would outweigh the savings.

                  Depends. From what I've seen the costs are often minuscule to outsource this type of prescriptive stuff.

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                  • NerdyDadN
                    NerdyDad
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                    Loves playing a little bit of Devil's Advocate. It gets the true information out sometimes.

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                    • AdamFA
                      AdamF
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                      Dealing with Comcast issues.

                      A fire in NYC melted a major fiber line and is effecting internet on the east coast. Fun fun! http://downdetector.com/status/comcast-xfinity/lancaster

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @AdamF
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                        @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                        Dealing with Comcast issues.

                        A fire in NYC melted a major fiber line and is effecting internet on the east coast. Fun fun! http://downdetector.com/status/comcast-xfinity/lancaster

                        Wow

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @coliver
                          last edited by

                          @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                          Of course they value their employees...

                          I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

                          Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

                          Well... a lot of tasks can be automated and many could probably be done with fewer people.

                          Or outsourced to other specialized companies? Such as PayCom for payroll, PayPal for payment processing, etc? Just have the business focus on its core duties? How much money would a company be spending by outsourcing all of this? How much could it save? I bet you the costs would outweigh the savings.

                          Depends. From what I've seen the costs are often minuscule to outsource this type of prescriptive stuff.

                          Typically all outsourcing is cheap compared to insourcing.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                            @dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                            Of course they value their employees...

                            I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

                            Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

                            Well... a lot of tasks can be automated and many could probably be done with fewer people.

                            Paying for the automation is what is difficult.

                            Not really, people are expensive, automation is cheap.

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                            • NerdyDadN
                              NerdyDad @AdamF
                              last edited by

                              @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                              Dealing with Comcast issues.

                              A fire in NYC melted a major fiber line and is effecting internet on the east coast. Fun fun! http://downdetector.com/status/comcast-xfinity/lancaster

                              Again. No redundancies at all?

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
                                last edited by

                                @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                Of course they value their employees...

                                I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

                                Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

                                Well... a lot of tasks can be automated and many could probably be done with fewer people.

                                Or outsourced to other specialized companies? Such as PayCom for payroll, PayPal for payment processing, etc? Just have the business focus on its core duties? How much money would a company be spending by outsourcing all of this? How much could it save? I bet you the costs would outweigh the savings.

                                Who typically automate 🙂

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
                                  last edited by

                                  @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                  Dealing with Comcast issues.

                                  A fire in NYC melted a major fiber line and is effecting internet on the east coast. Fun fun! http://downdetector.com/status/comcast-xfinity/lancaster

                                  Again. No redundancies at all?

                                  For Comcast? Ha.

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                                  • scottalanmillerS
                                    scottalanmiller @NerdyDad
                                    last edited by

                                    @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                    Of course they value their employees...

                                    I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

                                    Wow. That is kind of blunt. Do C-levels think that they can do better by themselves without the help of a workforce? Just think of the number of hours they would have to spend doing each individuals position just to keep the business running.

                                    Yes, they said that they would not pay for working computers for their staff because the faster that people could "work", the faster that the company would lose money. They felt that much of their staff actively hurt the company by coming to work and that they did nothing useful.

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                                    • WrCombsW
                                      WrCombs
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                                      Cleaning and putting the house back together landlord's showing the house tomorrow to potential tenants

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                                      • AdamFA
                                        AdamF @scottalanmiller
                                        last edited by

                                        @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @nerdydad said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        @fuznutz04 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                        Dealing with Comcast issues.

                                        A fire in NYC melted a major fiber line and is effecting internet on the east coast. Fun fun! http://downdetector.com/status/comcast-xfinity/lancaster

                                        Again. No redundancies at all?

                                        For Comcast? Ha.

                                        They are "rerouting traffic" in the mean time... or so the rumors say.

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                                        • DashrenderD
                                          Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                                          @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                          Of course they value their employees...

                                          I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

                                          Burger King?

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                                            last edited by

                                            @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            @dashrender said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

                                            Of course they value their employees...

                                            I've definitely, as a C level advisor, talked to companies that were extremely clear in that they did NOT value their employees and viewed them as a drain on resources but felt compelled to keep them employed.

                                            Burger King?

                                            Large marketing firm.

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