Telecommuting Backlash 250
coondoggie writes to tell us that advocates of the telecommute have stood up against recent finger pointing based on recent telecommuter screw ups. One of the more notable screw up was the recent loss of many veteran's personal information by a VA employee. From the article: "Despite years of growing acceptance, telework still has such detractors. 'The No. 1 challenge is cultural inertia. It's motivating the middle managers, teaching them a new way of doing work,' O'Keeffe says. 'It's the Luddite mentality that we need to change.'"
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Deserve what they get? (Score:1, Funny)
Whoever screwed up in that VA thing will likely get a promotion.
The current administration has a pattern of rewarding incompetence. Recall NORAD and FBI higher-ups getting promotions after 9/11 and CIA's Tenet getting the top civilian medal for screwup on Iraq's WMD intel.
Oh, and Iraq's Bremer getting Freedom Medal for 'losing' US$ 8,000,000,000 in Iraq, and Gen. Franks for sending enough troops. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63
"Brownie, you are doing a heck of a job!"
The real problem (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The problem isn't telecommuting (Score:5, Funny)
By the way, for making your 1361st comment on Slashdot, you win a free USB drive. Where do I send it?
Telecommuting is a cornerstone of geek culture... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The problem isn't telecommuting (Score:5, Funny)
2 PO Boxes
3 Foreign countries
A customer's secret, illegal account in the Cayman Islands
Re:The real problem (Score:3, Funny)
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Just for fun I did a GROUP BY query grouping who tested posted for what drug by SIC code, in descending frequency. The pattern was: Construction Workers, Marijuana and Cocaine, far and away #1. Second: employees of the school system, alcohol. Everything else was kinda scattered all over the map. I think that rather than demonstrating what kinds of people take what drugs, it demonstrates who gets hassled the most by the drug policies.
Re:The problem isn't telecommuting (Score:5, Funny)
UN Inspectors are going to find that thief, because that thief has URANIUM TESTICLES. Stealing a laptop from an unlocked police car? Holy shit.
Re:The problem isn't telecommuting (Score:4, Funny)
It's security that makes people cry, especially when a part is cut out of it with a knife.
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Oh crap, I shouldn't have said it's a secret.
Oh crap, I definately shouldn't have said it's illegal.
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Okay okay, I fail it.
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