[Info-vax] [OT] People, not resources, was: Re: What would you miss if DECnet got the chop? Was: "bad select 38" (OpenSSL on VMS)

[Kerry Main]

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> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] [OT] People, not resources, was: Re: What
> would you miss if DECnet got the chop? Was: "bad select 38"
> (OpenSSL on VMS)
> 
> On 2016-10-08 02:46:04 +0000, Kerry Main said:
> 
> > Not sure where you get the idea of a resource being a bad
> word... In
> > the IT world - especially the IT project world, staff have always
> been
> > referred to as resources.
> 
> It's an "us and them" distinction.
> 

Again, resources is a interchangeable term used for decades.

Alternatively, I guess one could say "groups of people" 
> "Resource" is a term that allows the people wielding it to (try to)
> disconnect themselves from the benefits that can accrue — and
> from the harm that can arise — from their decisions.  It's a term
> that allows the folks in management to (try to) distance
> themselves from the folks they're managing or that they're
> paying.  Or that they're cutting the
> pay.   The jobs they're outsourcing.   The people, the staff, the
> individuals, the family members, the husbands and wives and
> children that are in their employ.  The folks that can be out of a
> job or worse,
> due to the decisions that management is making.   The decisions
> that
> management can be making in isolation.   Decisions that
> management can
> variously be making solely for the benefit of management, too.
> 

First - yes, there is a lot of corruption at the C / BOD level in many companies, but wow - associating the term "resources" with the above is really out there conspiracy stuff. 

Especially since this term has been around since the 70's and likely even earlier when Project Mgmt. and Human Resources was first created in many companies.

[snip..]

> 
> What sort of organization you really want to work for, and what
> sort of organization you want to lead, Kerry?
> 

Irrelevant question. 

Question - is there any company today who does not have an internal org called HR - Human Resources? 

What did you think HR stood for?

Yes, there are bad companies out there, but what about the good companies with HR departments?

Or is every company today part of some black helicopter conspiracy to manipulate workers?


Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com