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From: hollombe@ttidca.TTI.COM (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Low Productivity of Knowledge Workers
Message-ID: <6918@ttidca.TTI.COM>
Date: 16 Oct 89 20:40:20 GMT
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Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcb.tti.com (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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In article <9716@attctc.Dallas.TX.US> phil@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Phil Meyer) writes:
}Of course you want a Pee Cee.  Of course you can benefit from it.  But will
}your company/firm/organization reap the same benefits, or will they even
}be harmed by you.  If you really do well, your peers will dislike you and
}your tactics.  Your superiors will fear your success.  This is a real
}situation.  ...

I'll give you a real situation.  My boss just _gave_ me a PC.  I didn't
even ask for it.  He doesn't fear my success, he needs it.  His bonus is
directly affected by my productivity.

As for my peers, anyone stupid enough to resent me getting ahead by using
modern technology won't be my peer for long.  The same boss recently gave
me a promotion.

-- 
The Polymath (aka: Jerry Hollombe, hollombe@ttidca.tti.com)  Illegitimis non
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