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  •  You are overreacting (none / 0)

    You are overreacting, at least with the comment that middle managers don't do any work, they just stand around and watch other folks work.  That just shows that you have no idea what people do in the workplace.

    And the bit about MBA's getting obscene amounts of money. This MBA got paid $0.00 this past year. This MBA has been out of work for 14 months.  If you think I should be paid LESS than $0.00, I'd like to hear why.

    In loving memory: Sophie, June 1, 1993-January 17, 2005. My huckleberry friend.

    by Paul in Berkeley on Wed Dec 29, 2004 at 08:49:56 PM PDT

    •  I exaggerated (none / 0)

      I don't mean that managers sit around and say "Good job, do this".  No more than the Teamsters just sit around the snack cart all day.  It's called "ex-aggeration".  I'm talking about the people whose "work" is dealing with the other managers.  I'm talking about the 15 Vice Presidents at US Air.

      And of course not everybody is like that.  I'm taking a few egregious examples and painting a very broad brush.

      by Power on Wed Dec 29, 2004 at 09:07:52 PM PDT

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      •  Very broad indeed (none / 0)

        Very broad indeed! But feel free to whack away at CEO's.  They richly deserve all the abuse we can dish out...especially the ones that keep their fat pay and perks while asking their employees to take cuts, or while laying off employees. Leadership starts at the top, and too few CEOs understand that.

        In loving memory: Sophie, June 1, 1993-January 17, 2005. My huckleberry friend.

        by Paul in Berkeley on Wed Dec 29, 2004 at 09:12:45 PM PDT

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        •  The other advantage to MBA's (none / 0)

          The other advantage to referring to all MBA's is that George W. Bush is, as he will be glad to point out, the first president with an MBA.  It is the clearest connection to make between Bush and CEO's.  Any Bush-Enron connection is sufficiently obfuscated to not be easily seen.  This is simply "Bush is part of the MBA-culture having CEO's get huge salaries for lackluster performance while the real working Americans need to work multiple jobs just to get by."

          by Power on Wed Dec 29, 2004 at 09:30:25 PM PDT

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