[GLLUG] Slightly OT - Netiquette at work

[Jack Bertram]

* Doug Winter <doug at pigeonhold.com> [050318 16:46]:
> In the corporate world people rarely actually listen to an argument or 
> change their minds, and are very rarely persuaded by fact, so it's often 
> not worth even replying to people who are objecting to your way of 
> working.

Huh?!  This is either false, or not specific to the corporate world.

> (To be fair to them, the metrics of success for management are often so 
> completely divergent from anything approaching reality that it's not 
> their fault if they end up ignoring it - they are just doing their jobs.)

In Dilbert-esque companies, yes.

> You are generally better to sidestep issues completely if you encounter 
> this sort of thing.  Often if you just ignore what people say and just 
> keep doing whatever it is you wanted they give up moaning and let you 
> get on with it.

Probably the right answer, but not confined to the corporate world.

j
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