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by hwstar 11y ago
1. You are correct, once a toxic CEO gets put in by the board, he fills senior management with people similar to himself. This is the primary way management becomes toxic. 2. Some of them could be coached and become excellent leaders, but m
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by hwstar 11y ago
1. I believe that termination for toxic behaviour is the only way to adjust the behaviour of these types of people. There's the PIP, but these individuals would quit if they were put on a PIP. These individuals aren't dumb, they w
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by hwstar 11y ago
I've always viewed superstars who are toxic as flawed. Superstars without toxic traits are rare. As the article states, you are most likely better off without the flawed superstars, the problem is, how do you come up with a consistent
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by hwstar 11y ago
Earlier in my ex-companies life, they had a real low threshold for terminating someone who was toxic. As the other CEO's took over, company lost its customers, and became more financially stressed, the tolerance for wrongdoing increase
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Psychopaths rise to the top. Until the human race finds a way of dealing with this, it will continue.
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"How the hell have we come to this ugly pass where earning a living takes up so much nervous energy and angst, in what is a rich First World country? Now some of it is due to globalisation and the fact that two thirds of the world (the
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by hwstar 11y ago
When costs go up, they tend to get passed on-- Especially when everyone is subjected to the same cost increases. An example: Look at what happens to restaraunt prices when the minimum wage is increased. (I'm not endorsing that we shoul
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by hwstar 11y ago
"Either these companies are alright with the job remaining unfilled, or they are looking for something that doesn’t exist." I've come the the conclusion that most employers are not serious about hiring anybody in a specific
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by hwstar 11y ago
“I’ve raised my rates. Less work now but way better clients and the total revenue is about the same” “Raise your rates until they stop calling or the work becomes worth it. Sometimes they bite” I learned this a long time ago. The person who
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by hwstar 11y ago
I was referring to a time when Silicon Valley was all semiconductors, electronics, and computer hardware. There are probably 10 SAAS business for every one producing something tangible. This is the problem.
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Nothing is ever done for free by businesses (Even though it appears like it is free, you do pay for it indirectly) At some point the profit motive will drive businesses to take things too far and threshold will be crossed. This will either
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by hwstar 11y ago
All a land value tax will do is drive up rents. A tax on wealth above 2 million USD adjusted for inflation would be better.
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by hwstar 11y ago
Silicon valley doesn't produce much hardware like it did in the past. Instead it creates businesses with questionable customer value such as social networking, personal assistant services, short term house rental services, and other so
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by hwstar 11y ago
1. If the job market and economy were better, then salary would be less of an issue, and the strength of the candidate would be more of an issue. 2.If salary offers are ridiculously low side, this usually indicates that there are problems w
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Sidenote to sidenote: If the customer is too unreasonable, then the developer finds a new job elsewhere. A manager's job is to balance these polar opposites in a way which makes the company prosper.
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by hwstar 11y ago
There are a lot of loopholes companies can use to avoid the minimum salary. See the link below. The minimum hourly rate is $41.00 for Exempt computer software professionals according to that link: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse&
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by hwstar 11y ago
If they are an "Exempt" employee, then they don't get overtime. Exempt comes from the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. The US is way behind the curve when compared to other developed countries. I'd like to see the FSLA
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by hwstar 11y ago
Once you get into your fifties, getting hired as an engineer in the US gets much harder. A lot of people (myself included) have had to retire early as there's no market for older engineers in the area of the country we live in. I would
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by hwstar 11y ago
Yahoo's problems may be intractable. Another CEO is going to have the same issues to deal with. Yahoo needs to be dismantled, liquidated and its valuable pieces bought by others.
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That probably indicates it's a festering problem which needs to be solved.
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by hwstar 11y ago
Agreed. As long as private money does the nominating of our political candidates, then the piper (loopholes) will need to be paid. If we were to switch to government funded elections, then there would be no pressure on the legislature to re
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High priced food and Internet service in the terminals due to the captive audience effect. I suspect if business travel expenses were made non-deductible, this would change very quickly.
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San Diego, California. No connection other than cabs, limos or buses. Sure would be nice if the trolley went there. The cab companies would scream bloody murder, but they're under assault anyway.
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Actually, pay phones didn't need batteries and microcontrollers when they were operated exclusively by the telephone companies. In addition to 48V across tip and ring, they used + and - 130V from ring to ground to control the operation
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by hwstar 11y ago
You are probably right, although if it is a government student loan, emigrating with the sole purpose of avoiding payment could be construed as fraud. They could also bring a lawsuit for the debt in the country where the US person emigrated
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If the amount is large enough they hire a foriegn lawyer and bring a lawsuit in the country of the ex-patriate.
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Thank you. That influence goes by another name: "Corruption".
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Those who nominate the candidates control who gets elected. Until the people can select candidates with public financing, the system is rigged, and the public will never get to vote for a candidate who is not tied to the money of the nomina
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The US isn't a democracy and never will be until the rich and powerful are prevented from nominating our candidates.
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Probably, but you'd have to move to a country which doesn't have extradition treaties with the US.

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