On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 13:24:44 -0800, Duane Percox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Douglas Becker wrote:
>
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>>A final note: Given the above, I don't particularly care if I
>>look "professional"
>
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>You might if you are ever looking for a job and one or
>more prospective employers have researched and/or were a
>party to your 'not professional' writings.
>
>duane percox
>

Strange you should mention this, because I was once hired in this job
because my future boss wanted to annoy my current one; as it turns out,
there are prospective employers out there who do appreciate my 'not
professional' writings.

If there are those who do not appreciate that I am publically declaring
that the king has no clothes on, and furthermore a nasty rash has become
quite noticeable and needs immediate medical attention, it's not my
problem, so why are people trying to shush me up?!

And, in your way, you have the answer: Fear of reprisal for telling the
truth, uncovering the cover-ups, uncovering the cover-ups of the cover-ups
and making the whole thing discussible.

I have no such fears.

If I were to have to look for another job [and my employers have made it
abundantly clear that they fear that I might be tempted some day], I would
not be rejected because of 'not professional' writings; no, I would be
rejected because I'm over fifty, white, male, fat, wearing glasses, and
nowhere near looking like Brad Pitt; HP was a pioneer in this by hiring an
outside consultant to "trim" their workforce by using the profile of white
males over fifty to rid themselves of "excess baggage" during their layoff
season over the past two years--people wondered why perfectly competent
hard-working smart loyal people were fired: It was because HP felt safe
that they would not be caught crosswise with the EEOC.

This begs the question.

Why would I want to have yet another job with people who lie, cheat, steal,
practice deception and are immoral and unethical? I've been a manager in a
misfortune fifty company, fired for telling the truth [that HP lied about
their product], and it was the best thing, really:  There's a lot less
stress for me now that I don't have to worry about fitting in with the
scoundrels [and I make much more money] (not that everything is perfect,
just 10,000,000% better).

I would highly recommend to you to read "Moral Mazes" by Robert Jackall to
get a better picture of just how bad modern business is today.

To tell the truth, if a business is that hard up and doesn't want my
excellent work and products, starving for awhile until I find a better
environment might be the healthiest thing... but then, what employer do you
know today that is diligent enough to do research of this nature?

I don't know of any.

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