For about a week now I have been hearing the Wall Street supporters saying “leave executive pay out of this package, deal with it later” while Wall Street engages in a massive sell-off to force Congress into a bail out. Yeah right. If there is a ruling on executive pay in this bail out package that will be the ONLY thing which benefits the ordinary taxpayer. Some of you have been long time readers of … Wrong Bucket for the JobRead more
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Russian Cold War Construction Practices
If you are my age or a little older, you have some childhood memories of the cold war. Too young to understand it at the time, you remember parents watching the news during the Cuban Missile Crisis, duck and cover exercises, and news reel type shows about Russia and Communism in general. Most of them won’t be clear memories, just remembrances. One memory, which seems to be stronger than the rest, was that of Russian … Russian Cold War Construction PracticesRead more
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Adding WiFi to Your Whole Farm
Adding wifi to your whole farm is a decision most should have made years ago. Some get there kicking and screaming. Eventually the day finally comes. You’ve known it would come, but you aren’t quite ready for it. The day someone finally gets their new invoice from DTN satellite service and caves. When they total up their quarterly invoice to find out just how much per year they are spending and still not getting all … Adding WiFi to Your Whole FarmRead more
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Grade 8 Bolt Syndrome
No matter how long you work in this industry, you will never cease to be amazed at the Grade 8 Bolt Syndrome. What is this syndrome you ask? It is the ability of management to view everything a company spends money on as Grade 8 bolts. Every vendor’s product is considered the same, and therefore, non-unique. Then they try to shove all of these “similar” vendors into a vendor management system where the lowest bid … Grade 8 Bolt SyndromeRead more
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Disposable Management
In the days of old, in order to get into upper management you had to start off at the bottom of the company and work your way up to the top. Companies hired individuals straight out of high school (sometimes before they graduated) and started them off at the bottom. For companies with large office buildings, this was usually in the mail room. When the company was construction or heavy manufacturing it was which ever … Disposable ManagementRead more