Out of the Blue

[Jul 11, 2011, 09:34 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

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Re: Out of the Blue

Jul 11, 2011, 14:51

Prez

Verno wrote on Jul 11, 2011, 12:29:
But MBAs don't suck because they're MBAs. Yes, they've done some serious damage to businesses, but leaving the engineers running things would be equally bad.

Pfft, according to you maybe. After working in the MBA driven culture at some very large failed companies I've concluded that these people basically exist to fill out expense reports and suckle at the company benefit teat. There are so many useless MBA/Middle Management types out there these days it kind of boggles the mind. Maybe the engineers running the show isn't preferable in the long term but we definitely need the balanced skewed in the other direction for awhile.

I can't speak for elsewhere, but the company where I work dumped virtually all of its engineers and hired a cubic fuckton of MBA's and the place has been on a horrible downward slide in terms of efficiency, cost, project management, leadership, morale, and decision-making ever since. Where common sense, logic, and a common desire to see the company do better once ruled the day, now we have focus-group tested text book-weened college grads who think they know everything the day they step foot in the place making some of the most pitifully stupid decisions in order to advance their own personal agendas (good of the company be damned) I have ever seen on a depressingly routine basis. The only thing keeping me here is that the benefits, particularly medical, far outstrip those I could get anywhere else. (Though when Obamacare** kicks into high gear I doubt that will remain the case for very long).

**And no, I won't be drawn into a pointless, incessant, circular political argument about Obamacare, so don't bother...




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		Date	Subject	Author
	1.	Jul 11, 09:51	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	2.	Jul 11, 10:12	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	3.	Jul 11, 10:18	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	4.	Jul 11, 10:26	Re: Out of the Blue	Beamer
	5.	Jul 11, 10:59	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	7.	Jul 11, 11:43	Re: Out of the Blue	mch
	9.	Jul 11, 12:14	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	10.	Jul 11, 12:17	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	11.	Jul 11, 12:22	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	12.	Jul 11, 12:29	Re: Out of the Blue	Killswitch
	8.	Jul 11, 12:05	Re: Out of the Blue	Killswitch
	20.	Jul 11, 14:24	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	22.	Jul 11, 14:55	Re: Out of the Blue	jimnms
	6.	Jul 11, 11:41	Re: Out of the Blue	zincthallinide
	13.	Jul 11, 12:29	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	17.	Jul 11, 13:55	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
>>	21.	Jul 11, 14:51	Re: Out of the Blue	Prez
	14.	Jul 11, 13:10	Re: Out of the Blue	Jim
	15.	Jul 11, 13:23	Re: Out of the Blue	xmb1121
	16.	Jul 11, 13:32	Re: Out of the Blue	PHJF
	18.	Jul 11, 14:04	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	19.	Jul 11, 14:24	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	23.	Jul 11, 14:56	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	24.	Jul 11, 15:04	Re: Out of the Blue	Beamer
	25.	Jul 11, 15:18	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	26.	Jul 11, 15:29	Re: Out of the Blue	Beamer
	28.	Jul 11, 16:12	Re: Out of the Blue	Pigeon
	30.	Jul 11, 16:39	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	36.	Jul 12, 08:30	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	38.	Jul 12, 09:32	Re: Out of the Blue	Beamer
	33.	Jul 11, 22:11	Re: Out of the Blue	Beamer
	34.	Jul 11, 22:36	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	35.	Jul 11, 22:51	Re: Out of the Blue	Beamer
	27.	Jul 11, 15:36	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	29.	Jul 11, 16:20	Re: Out of the Blue	Killer Kane
	31.	Jul 11, 19:09	Re: Out of the Blue	Hyatus
	32.	Jul 11, 20:51	slurpee feature.. not a bug	space captain
	37.	Jul 12, 09:22	Re: Out of the Blue	xXBatmanXx
	39.	Jul 12, 09:47	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	40.	Jul 12, 10:05	Re: Out of the Blue	Prez
	41.	Jul 12, 10:18	Re: Out of the Blue	Beamer
	42.	Jul 12, 10:34	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno