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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 23:01:12 -0700
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On 10/24/2024 8:04 PM, Xocyll wrote:
> JAB <noway@nochance.com> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn
> spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
> 
>> On 23/10/2024 09:25, Xocyll wrote:
>>> Yeah the corporate raiders of the '90's put an end to that, wiping out
>>> most of the old school companies and creating the "leaner, meaner,
>>> what's in it for me, fuck the dead weight" type leadership.
>>> Where the dead weight truly was dead weight originally, but became more
>>> and more of the people who actually made what the corp sold.
>>>
>>> They trimmed the fat, then they trimmed muscle and bone in endless
>>> downsizings and killed the company dead, but jumped ship before it died.
>>
>> Yep we had that, get rid of the office manager and let the engineers do
>> all those little jobs themselves. After constantly running out of
>> printer paper a graduate was delegated to look after it.
> 
> Why not just get an unpaid intern?
> 
> "Your job is to change the paper in the printers and such, no money but
> you get valuable experience you can put on your resume to get you a real
> job next year.  Oh and do you have a younger sibling who'd like your
> unpaid job next year?"
> 
Prospective interns don't accept those kinds of positions anymore. 
These days the only people who intern are those who have already mapped 
out their careers for the next 20 years and are taking internships in 
the industry they are getting advanced degrees for.  They are there for 
the hands on experience in the field and the bonus credits to get an 
over 4.0 GPA.

-- 
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.