[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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> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com] On Behalf
> Of Chris via Info-vax
> Sent: 11-Oct-16 6:06 PM
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> Cc: Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy at gfsys.co.uk>
> 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 10/08/16 14:14, Stephen Hoffman wrote:
> > On 2016-10-08 02:46:04 +0000, Kerry Main said:
> >
> 
> >
> > What sort of organization you really want to work for, and
what
> sort
> > of organization you want to lead, Kerry?
> >
> 
> The bean counters need to remember that an organisation is no
> more than the people (and their attitudes and dedication) that
> work in it.
> Engineers, engineer managers, fine, but HR droids with social
> science or arts graduate degrees can be the bane of modern
> working life. Many of whom have never done a real days work at
> the coal face in their lives.
> 
> Thankfully, far away from that sort of employed existence
now...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris
> 

While I am certainly no fan of companies that take advantage of
their staff, we should remember that HR Depts typically reflect
the directions of their senior and/or local management of the
company - good or bad or terrible. The two are usually tied at
the hip.

As a good example-
https://hbr.org/2014/09/how-google-manages-talent

http://bit.ly/1BgKN3h

Regards,

Kerry Main
Kerry dot main at starkgaming dot com