I am a respected employee and colleague, and by collaborating we will build
interesting products, to be proud of. By working hard and learning more, I
will be promoted and paid more. Ultimately, I will reach retirement age and
spend an enjoyable time with my family, in retirement, perhaps even as
a non-executive director, until I die, of old age, surrounded by my loving
family, in my own bed.
As. If.
Have fun with that
Mobilkom Austria?
I was the responsible IT manager, over all devs. admins, ops and security.
Reviewed all contracts and implementations, upon taking over the job.
Discovered some seriously, bad stuff.
Developed plan to *quietly*, discretely, repair over short time period.
"Rebury the bodies"
Turned out the responsible party was the CEO's favorite, "baby shark".
Got cardboard boxed. Out day after board presentation.
So it goes.
Interesting point:
All of those devs, techs and security people who moan about the lack of management support?
How many of you have ever supported or somehow defended *any* manager who tried to help you, to do the right thing?
Speaking personally, I would guess
Maybe you have all been luckier.
Comcast is expected to announce on Thursday an agreement to acquire Time Warner Cable for more than $45 billion in stock, a deal that would combine the biggest and second-biggest cable television operators in the country. For Comcast, which completed its acquisition of NBC Universal, the television and movie powerhouse, from General Electric less than a year ago, the latest deal would be its second big act to radically reshape the media landscape in the United States. And the merger is almost certain to bring to an end a protracted takeover battle that Charter Communications has been waging for Time Warner Cable.
For consumers, this means an even larger company with a reputation for poor customer service aggressively lobbying against things like net neutrality.
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