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> If you're applying for a role that expects you to know an application then looking in the help is cheating. If you discourage your employees from learning yo
by dangerface 7y ago
> If you're applying for a role that expects you to know an application then looking in the help is cheating.
If you discourage your employees from learning you are going to have a lot of dumb employees. Even the developers who made excel do not know how to do everything that excel can do.
- onion2k 7y agoSome businesses need to hire people to do a job using an application in a very standardized way from day 1, there is no expectation that the person doing it will learn anything in the role, and when the software changes training is provided. The employer is in complete control of what is done and how the software is used. Figuring something out yourself is considered a bad thing because it's not the standardized way of doing the thing. Please don't go through life imagining every job is like a developer job. We get far more freedom, creativity, and responsibility than a lot of other workers.
- hvidgaard 7y agoThat is all well and good for those types of jobs. But no one can remember how to use all of Excel, and they should be able to search for help and understand that help.
- dangerface 7y agoI get your point there is a lot of dumb work that employers give to dumb employees. However if you want a dumb job done consistently in a standardised way with no mistakes you want automation not a humans. Ultimately the competition who allows people to improve will improve themselves and the job until it's no longer necessary.