When I worked at Oracle I saw a good amount of this -- people whose jobs seemed to be nothing but stirring up trouble and looking busy while accomplishing littl

When I worked at Oracle I saw a good amount of this -- people whose jobs seemed to be nothing but stirring up trouble and looking busy while accomplishing little or nothing. Oracle could afford that, but no company should afford it. That's why I prefer somewhat smaller companies and startups -- you cannot get away with it. I'm not a "thou must work hard for its own sake" Puritan-ethic kind of guy, not at all. But I like actually accomplishing things, like many others here, and so the "corporate welfare" types bother me, and tend to get in the way. [edit]: During my tenure at Oracle, I once caught wind of a Blue Ribbon Panel whose mission it was to appoint members to a Task Force, and the mission of the Task Force was to appoint members of a Tiger Team. Sounds like it's right out of Office Space, but it was real life.