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> One even went so far as to state during an all-hands meeting with technical staff that ‘running a communication network’ was by no means a core competence for
by BenoitP 5y ago
> One even went so far as to state during an all-hands meeting with technical staff that ‘running a communication network’ was by no means a core competence for them.
This is an outraging but very widely spread phenomenon. No industry is spared from the MBA hawks. Everything now is rent-seeking and moat building. Innovation has been packaged away and can only happen when the market makers say it can.
What can an engineer do about that?
- quadrifoliate 5y ago> What can an engineer do about that? Lots! - Name the companies in question - Stop working for them, and start working for companies that favor engineering expertise - As a consumer, advertise the good companies and call bullshit on the bad ones - Raise awareness about these practices among your elected political representatives and their constituencies If all of their skilled engineers leave, the bad company cannot run only on the basis of MBAs juggling balance sheets. Unfortunately most of my fellow engineers are far more likely to sit around blaming “the MBAs” over drinks than take any of the above actions.
- aembleton 5y ago> If all of their skilled engineers leave, the bad company cannot run only on the basis of MBAs juggling balance sheets. The MBAs can just outsource the work.