[ale] OT: corporate finance 101

[jeff hubbs]

> Ick! Maybe Scott Adams is not doing the world a favor by publishing more
> ways companies can screw their customer, employees and interns.
> 
> But then, executive types don't read Dilbert, do they?


I just recently read this - 
http://free.freespeech.org/normansolomon/dilbert/book/ - and after 
having sone so, I don't think I'm going to look at Dilbert the same way 
again.

Maybe it's a function of reading too much F--kedCompany.com, maybe it's 
a function of being laid off twice in two years, but it occurs to me 
that this industry has become too large and employs too wide a range of 
people (in terms of experience and salary level) to go on without some 
sort of protection mechanism in place for its workers, whether it's 
unions or employment contracts with worker-friendly exit clauses.

All kinds of businesses are depending on us.  How would YOU feel to find 
out that the ISP that hosts your business' e-commerce site has more 
turnover in its techs and engineers than the corner McDonalds?

- Jeff




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