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I'm sure they would have, but probably not for stuff like this. If you want another one, go get it yourself. If you want to send a fax, go send it yourself. If
by kondro 16y ago
I'm sure they would have, but probably not for stuff like this. If you want another one, go get it yourself. If you want to send a fax, go send it yourself. If you want a book, get off your lazy ass and get it.
The trouble with giving "important" people staff is it leads to misuse and laziness. People start arguing that they're too important to do something, or are too busy to learn how to use the fax machine. If your engineers are starting to complain about learning, there is something wrong with them.
- uberuberuber 16y agoI understand the importance of learning to do things for oneself within an organization, but at a certain point doesn't it become wasteful to have someone making $50/hr fetching packages when it could easily be done by a lower wage earner, thereby ensuring that the "brain power" (in this context...not denigrating intelligence based upon career path) can focus on what they're getting paid for?
- kondro 16y agoDo you really think that developers spend their 40 hours (or whatever allocated time they have) steeped over a monitor writing code?? People need variety, and sometimes a walk across an office is a welcome break to a particularly annoying problem - whether they admit it or not.
- uberuberuber 16y agoI'm just postulating. I am a cubicle monkey in medical publishing nowadays and use support staff for tasks that don't require a higher level of expertise, thereby freeing up my time to produce more value.