Debouncing....at About 1Mhz

[Charlie Edmondson]

I have two reactions to that:

1. If they fired the team, the project would be delayed a lot more
than if they negotiated a cleanup/release plan that delivered a good
product. So they probably wouldn't fire them.

2. If I discovered that my management was such jerks, I'd quit before
they could fire me.

John

Yeah, but they had the 'product' that they needed to fulfil a contract
requirement, even if it was a piece of cr*p, and that was all they
really cared about. They kept most of the team on, and made one of the
senior folk the new 'manager' (on a very short leash!) for the 9 months
they spent keeping the team on until the contract was ready to finish.
I transfered to the actual project from the R&D team to get back to CA
and out of Omaha, and was laid off a year later (also referred to as my
Year in Hell...)

Should have quit, but they held this big carrot of bonuses if I stayed
out the project. Then, just before Christmas, they had a special
meeting where they handed out the bonus checks. Imagine my reaction
when at the end of the meeting, I was the only one that didn't get a
check! I should have sued them, but just wanted out so bad that I just
left...

Charlie

 

[Jim Thompson]

Yeah, but they had the 'product' that they needed to fulfil a contract
requirement, even if it was a piece of cr*p, and that was all they
really cared about. They kept most of the team on, and made one of the
senior folk the new 'manager' (on a very short leash!) for the 9 months
they spent keeping the team on until the contract was ready to finish.
I transfered to the actual project from the R&D team to get back to CA
and out of Omaha, and was laid off a year later (also referred to as my
Year in Hell...)

Should have quit, but they held this big carrot of bonuses if I stayed
out the project. Then, just before Christmas, they had a special
meeting where they handed out the bonus checks. Imagine my reaction
when at the end of the meeting, I was the only one that didn't get a
check! I should have sued them, but just wanted out so bad that I just
left...

Charlie

Well, Charlie, You know what the final end-of-project meeting is
called, "Punishment of the innocent" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Charlie Edmondson]

Well, Charlie, You know what the final end-of-project meeting is
called, "Punishment of the innocent" ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Well, I have to admit that by that time the last thing I felt was
'innocent!' That project had so much afro-engineering that it was
amazing that it ran long enough to get through the acceptance trials.

Charlie

 

[krw]

I have two reactions to that:

1. If they fired the team, the project would be delayed a lot more
than if they negotiated a cleanup/release plan that delivered a good
product. So they probably wouldn't fire them.

True, though they don't have to keep the team around for the next
disaster.

2. If I discovered that my management was such jerks, I'd quit before
they could fire me.

3. They can't make your life miserable once they fire you.

Amazingly, some think they need the job and boss they're chained to.
I suppose some do.