Retention Bonuses
That is one of the Globe and Mail’s main points this morning. Should the people who helped run a company into the ground be paid a bonus to stick around and fix it?
Archive for the ‘Musings’ Category
No Inspiration
Wow. 12 days since my last post. What’s wrong? No inspiration. That’s what’s wrong. I am reading all my normal sources, and going about my life the same as always, but nothing has inspired me to write. I’ll keep trying.
What I Learned From An Apple
In my life, what have I learned from apples? First, some background. I have been cleaning up again. If you ask my daughter Stephanie about it, she will probably sigh and wonder if I am ever NOT cleaning up stuff. I guess I am a bit like Murphy Brown. (TV show for those who do [...]
Snow Day
Several storm fronts have come through since Friday morning, and it is really dropping right now (1 pm Sunday). I was planning on going down to the Dollarama and No Frills at Jane, but …
Don’t Look Back
“No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service …” The above quote is from the Bible; Luke 9 verse 62. If you rarely see the inside of a church or the Bible you need to notice the truth in the above statement. Not as it pertains to [...]
Globalization
I do some of my own custom internet website programming using a language called php. I have also used outsourcing to do small custom bits of programming when I think it will take me too long to figure something out. I had a PHD physicist do some work for me for $17 that probably would [...]
Staff Efficiency
Have you noticed that in some offices there is a definite difference in efficiencies between the various admin staff that are at the same classification (and thus salary) level? Do the managers with the less efficient staff notice? Further. Have you noticed that the less efficient ones sometimes get the same promotions as the more [...]
