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Corporate Social Irresponsibility
History Repeating I first read about the Post Office Horizon scandal in my Computer Weekly rag in 2009. Like most of us in IT, I scanned the paper for the funnies and the job ads. It wasn’t known for serious journalism. In fact, outside of computer departments it was completely unknown, and was seen as…
Purchasing Power
When I started out in sales, a long time ago, most companies had a purchasing department who sorted out buying stuff. They dealt with suppliers, normally using a combination of knuckledusters and buckets of cold water. Their sole purpose was to screw the best deal, at the lowest cost, with maximum sadistic satisfaction. If you met with them,…
Embarrassing Business Bonuses and Objectionable Office Objectives (Part 2: You Want Me to do What!)
What Do You Want? With performance bonuses and pay rises now commonly tied to personal objectives in most companies, everyone is incentivised to spend more time on the (up)setting of their objectives to avoid a year of hell followed by the crushing disappointment of an empty pay packet. What Do I Have to Do? Everyone…
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