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Comment Re:Mostly false positives, will be used for "hate" (Score 1) 190

The "crowd" will include activists for one (or more) sides of contentious political disputes, who will feed the database with typical word choices of their enemies, in the hope of branding them as potential genocide perpetrators. The result will be a produce far more false positives than true ones (if it produces any of the latter at all).

Having just examined the contents of the database, so far it appears to contain a lot of terms not widely used since the sixties or even the 19th Century. Time will tell how impartial this database is.

Comment main stressors in job (Score 1) 397

Most of the issues raised in the article resonate with me. I was downsized from an IT Admin job a while ago. I was partially relieved when it happened. By the time I was let go I had high blood pressure, headaches, and a damaged tendon in my arm from typing so many emails and reports for management and others (in addition to the daily IT support tasks). The main stressors for me was a non-technical IT operations manager who wanted a report on everything using no technical jargon, (and at least a 30-60 minute meeting after any unexpected outage), an unspoken expectation that you had to work extra unpaid hours to get the work done, an under-budgeted and under-staffed IT dept, and a few difficult users. The general view from upper management was that the IT Dept is not a profit center. Therefore it should be funded and staffed to the minimum. Some people in other departments said I had the most difficult job in the company.
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Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress 397

Orome1 writes "The number of IT professionals considering leaving their job due to workplace stress has jumped from 69% last year to 73%. One-third of those surveyed cited dealing with managers as their most stressful job requirement, particularly for IT staff in larger organizations. Handling end user support requests, budget squeeze and tight deadlines were also listed as the main causes of workplace stress for IT managers. Although users are not causing IT staff as much stress as they used to, it isn't stopping them from creating moments that make IT admins want to tear their hair out in frustration. Of great concern is the impact that work stress is having on health and relationships. While a total of 80% of participants revealed that their job had negatively impacted their personal life in some way, the survey discovered some significant personal impact: 18% have suffered stress-related health issues due to their work, and 28% have lost sleep due to work."

Comment Re:That's been my experience (Score 1) 403

That's interesting. Here's an example of women being treated differently. I knew of one female manager of a small department who got away with atrocious behavior - swearing, making threatening gestures and statements to (mostly male) staff members. None of the male staff members would protect themselves from these attacks due to the macho code of honor. Basically she knew she could get away with this behavior. Upper management never upbraided her as far as I know due to the politically correct office culture. A male manager at this organization would never have the nerve to act like this.

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