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but you used 2014. parent poster mentioned 2016. "the union provided updates from management in the fall of 2016 about pending assignments that it said showed
by sharkmerry 8y ago
but you used 2014. parent poster mentioned 2016.
"the union provided updates from management in the fall of 2016 about pending assignments that it said showed no substantial decline in workload."
- andy_ppp 8y agoI mean seriously, testers gunna test stuff right? Have you ever had a situation where the testing work couldn’t expand? The work grows in size to fill the available time.
- digitaLandscape 8y agoYou needed to think for another minute before posting this.
- andy_ppp 8y agoI’m probably just tired but re-reading my comment I think it’s reasonable. To clarify, the workload for all the testers could be proven to be the same while the number of things to test could have reduced by 7/8th as the article suggests.
- Dylan16807 8y agoThe answer to the question "why don't they hire infinite testers?" is the same as the answer to "why don't they switch to 8x as many testers per app?"
- andy_ppp 8y agoI’m not arguing for what the union said, I’m explaining how their workload can be the same.
- Dylan16807 8y agoOh I see, you were arguing that "workload" meaning "number of things they did" was the same, not that "workload" meaning "number of things they needed to do" was the same.
- philliphaydon 8y agoIt says "13 percent of the 1.1 million offered in 2014". In 2014 there was 1.1m. In a 2017 memo there was only 13 percent of the 1.1m. So while there was probably testing to be done, MS probably decided that there was no point in testing stuff as it was winding down the windows mobile stuff anyway.