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wanttorun100
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 Posted: 05/05/05 - 08:12 Post subject: Ok I feel like a Jerk - MBA related
Several big projects are about to start here at work.
Just found out today several of the MBA's who I've been pissing and moaning about have been campaiging to get me on their projects. One even wrote up a business case as to why I should be bought out of my contract and hired as a very high level consultant. The business case was so deep I thought about getting my hip waders out! 
Makes me feel like a jerk - but I'll get over it.
I wonder if it's a trick! 
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robp
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 08:14 Post subject:
don't give in.... you know deep down they are still jackasses.
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andydp
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 08:15 Post subject:
Nice to be needed. Obviously they recognize talent.
Now ask yourself: if the project fails, who goes down in a blaze of glory you or the MBA ?
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RangerG
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 08:16 Post subject:
It's a ploy...
"Keep your friends close...but keep your enemy closer" - The art of war
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 08:17 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | don't give in.... you know deep down they are still jackasses. |
yehbut like a said yesterday I can be lease rather cheaply - now if they get me hired as a consultant {buzz word around here for someone highly paid} will I have to dress like them and drink the expensive coffee or can I still go with the wacky computer geek look?
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 08:19 Post subject:
| andydp wrote: | Nice to be needed. Obviously they recognize talent.
Now ask yourself: if the project fails, who goes down in a blaze of glory you or the MBA ? |
Actually I might sorta get to pick and choose which project initially -- one project has already tanked and they're trying to save it - the upside to that one is if it fails it's already thought of as dead but if we save it {which really should not be that hard} we'll be hero's.
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phillycat
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 08:28 Post subject:
Be forewarned...it is a ploy!!!!
They teach us this in MBA 101, how to lure unsuspecting computer geeks into working on a project with us that we know is going to tank so that we can then pass the blame onto them!
 
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airehead
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 09:45 Post subject:
| RangerG wrote: | It's a ploy...
"Keep your friends close...but keep your enemy closer" - The art of war
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The Art Of War rocks. Especially for everyday life.
--works for parenting, too.
Good luck on this WTR. I have become so cynical in the past few weeks. I really hope this turns into a huge blessing for you and allows you to maybe mentor these youngsters in leadership and comportment.
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TriBob
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 09:59 Post subject:
They need a scapegoat.
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 10:20 Post subject:
Gee thanks all - now my paranoid meter is going up like PH's inuendo meter!
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IhrigOntario
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 10:47 Post subject:
| RangerG wrote: | It's a ploy...
"Keep your friends close...but keep your enemy closer" - The art of war
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"Art of war" my ass...that's Montgomery Burns talking! 
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airehead
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Posted: 05/05/05 - 11:03 Post subject:
| IhrigOntario wrote: |
"Art of war" my ass...that's Montgomery Burns talking! |
He didn't get where he is by being trusting...my little prank monkey.
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