I saw this post earlier this week and I’ve been meaning to point to it since then, but well, the long holiday (not to mention my 40th birthday) weekend kind of distracted me from it. Anyway, here it is, from the Brazen Careerist Employers Mistakenly Reward Longevity When Aiming for Loyalty Ultimately, it’s the small…
Last week I wrote about the message you send to employees when you block access to sites that might be helpful to them on a personal level, that they simply can’t be trusted. Today, over at Real Lawyers Have Blogs, I spotted Kevin’s similar message about law firms who don’t allow lawyers to blog, “We’re…
Seems like I’ve been having similar conversations with folks in my network of friends, be it offline or online. Mostly they go like this: “I just feel like I need to make a change, what I’m doing now just isn’t doing it for me. I’d like to move into “X”” X of course being a…
Some interesting thoughts from Sharon Nelson regarding the use of blackberries/smartphones and remote access and how the use of these tools might affect hourly employees. This is an interesting subject for me, I carry a blackberry, and occasionally log in from remote locations, and am an hourly employee. I try to be fair about using…
Just a few thoughts, now that I’ve had some time to think about it rather than live-blogging it: 1. I’ve never been a big fan of live bogging, but I felt like I needed to really give it a shot. Doing it over the 3 days of Techshow helped me see where the value is,…
I’ve written about this a number of times in terms of working in tech support, but a conversation the other day reminded me why it’s important in every aspect of IT work. I was talking with Douglas Welch, in an interview for his podcast that’ll be released in Feb. sometime, and he asked about what…
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