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Problem is, that's how they get away with everything. They fix nothing, then wait for somebody to need them enough, or have compassion enough to handle their m
by BiteCode_dev 7y ago
Problem is, that's how they get away with everything.
They fix nothing, then wait for somebody to need them enough, or have compassion enough to handle their mess.
Basically here, they are saying: we didn't listen to all those competent people that told us we should have cleaned this system a long time ago because one day it will bite us back. We didn't think technical debt was a thing. It has always worked. And it's virtual. And IT is always exaggerating anyway.
Now it does bite them back, and do they take responsibility ?
No. They ask for competent people to have mercy and save the day because the situation is dire. Because this is special this time, unlike the other times.
This is completely not like with the health care system that never got fixed and now the medical personal is paying for it so that the people don't suffer as much from this mismanagement.
They will not pay more. They will no fix anything. They will not respect you more, change the way things are done, or take any responsibility for this. And in fact they will probably guilt trip you into give up your health to overwork on this with less resources and for less pay because it's an emergency.
A friend of mine works in an hospital right now. She has been at work for 15 days straight. They already told her she won't get paid for the days she was not supposed to work but did.
Then as a final fuck you, if this turns out ok, if the catastrophe is avoided, they will get the reward.
The nurses or the programmers ? They will be forgotten in a week. Nothing will change.
But for the mismanagers, their superior will thank them for managing this situation well. They may even get promoted and have more responsibility.
So you have the choice between saving the money of poor people now and reinforcing the suck of the whole system, of letting people suffer for a chance of a redo and purging the ones that lead to this.
This is a terrible choice to have to make.
Especially since we have the empathy to make us discuss this, while clearly they don't.
- KhoomeiK 7y agoGetting Atlas Shrugged vibes. Lots of parallels with this situation actually.
- cvhashim 7y agoSeems like OP is describing the plight of the average worker who gets left to clean up the mess with no credit at the end of it all and less of the business leaders or executives.
- mindslight 7y agoIIRC, the capable workers were the first gone to Galt's Gulch. The story dwells on slightly-less-bad business people running around like decapitated chickens trying to keep things working, but the real heroes just quietly noped out.
- raverbashing 7y agoYes, don't forget there will also be some deniers calling it a fraud afterwards: https://twitter.com/TheKouk/status/1211123181051768832 https://twitter.com/TheKouk/status/1211123181051768832
- TAForObvReasons 7y agoThis is honestly a terrible take. NJ did try to modernize the benefits system in 2007, awarding the contract to a company that is now owned by HP. News article: https://www.nj.com/politics/2014/11/nj_ends_118_million_contract_to_boost_enrollment_in_obamacare_other_social_service_programs.html https://www.nj.com/politics/2014/11/nj_ends_118_million_cont... EDIT: surprised at the downvotes. Parent asserted: > we didn't listen to all those competent people that told us we should have cleaned this system a long time ago because one day it will bite us back. And the historical record showed that NJ made that realization at least before 2007 (which is when the contract was awarded)
- v8engine 7y agohttps://twitter.com/tradel/status/1246526465207869440 https://twitter.com/tradel/status/1246526465207869440
- ulucs 7y agoConsistently assigning work to big firms who consistently screw up... All they want to do is show that "they're trying", and the charade will continue until someone does get fired for buying IBN.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoI bet NJ wouldn’t accept any excuses from a small business that tried to claim “they’re trying” if they had technical issues with payroll.
- robk 7y agoSurely outsourced and offshored isn't something to praise them for
- scarface74 7y agoGiven a choice between the government doing it and a company that has been specializing in this type of thing for decades, why wasn’t this the best choice? It’s not like HP is some unknown foreign company.
- BoiledCabbage 7y ago> So you have the choice between saving the money of poor people now and reinforcing the suck of the whole system, of letting people suffer for a chance of a redo and purging the ones that lead to this. What a terribly wrong take. If you really believe the system is that corrupted, and that horrible then you know darn well that the count of people who suffered during this emergency won't make a difference. There will be "accountability" in some form, but it won't be driven by how many people did or didn't get money for food at all. Whether you help them or not won't change the system. So instead you're saying scores of families should go hungry so you can stay on your high horse and lecture.
- orestarod 7y agoThat's a good reason. You don't need a moral reason to not choose a paid job. The reason scores of families will go hungry because of the mismanagement, not because one human did not step up to keep the mess rolling. In analogy, the reason Africa is starving is because of the past and present extreme exploitation from foreign powers, and said foreign powers sponsored corruption and violence. Not because "a heartless middle class salary man did not send his monthly 10 dollars", turning a blind eye to the real causes of the situation.
- Cobol78 7y agoThe big corporations, will get $18,000 from every taxpayer from their future tax dollar. But they struggle just to give each worker in this country $1200. It is hush money. Then next year they will tell us it is taxable income. Watch.