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Makes sense. And isn't this the ol' military trick, that in software dev / project management parlance is now called a "scream test"? I.e. if your unit feels li
by TeMPOraL 2y ago
Makes sense. And isn't this the ol' military trick, that in software dev / project management parlance is now called a "scream test"? I.e. if your unit feels like it's doing nothing but endlessly filling out all kinds of reports, and no one knows which ones are important, the solution is to stop submitting any reports at all - and wait until calls and angry letters from higher-ups begin. That will quickly reveal which reports you need to keep filing, and which you can ignore.
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- TheJoeMan 2y agoThe Scream test is very valuable for time efficiency, in general. In this application though, I think they’re realizing sometimes it’s difficult to reverse, such as firing the new blood who just moved to DC and have been there only a year… like I would feel so abused, why go back?
- cloverich 2y agoIf they tell you it was a scream test, and it turns out your team was actually pretty important and also gives you a raise, you might. Especially if you have nothing else lined up.
- TeMPOraL 2y agoAnd especially if you're not a tech worker, so you can't exactly chill out and wait for a better gig to fall on your lap. (Though recently, even in tech changing jobs is much more precarious than it ever was.)
- johnnyanmac 2y agoYeah that's the thing, the government can't unilaterally give raises like that. reason #20 this was a horrible move. >Especially if you have nothing else lined up. Sadly, yes. I do find the irony here that the FEDS said the economy was recovering and Trump promised to fix inflation and make jobs. Then he's taking advantsge of the bad market to force people he abused back.
- kristianbrigman 2y agoI wish I had a dollar for every time I spent a dollar, because then, I'd have all my money back