To put it another way: That sort of behavior is like banking on landing a rich spouse who is too stupid to question why your first five spouses mysteriously disappeared.
And, no matter what Supreme Court justices decide, companies are made of people. People have memories and will always choose to work with one person over another for a variety of unprovable reasons; when they move to different positions, start their own companies, etc., maintaining good relationships with as many folk as possible is good business -- and, even more important, good for your sanity and health. Why look to start rabblerousing for a few minutes of letting off steam in public? Usually does no good and a whole lot of harm.
I've been laid off. Twice. From the same company. This one. The one we work for now. The one that publishes Internet Evolution. Yes, they've hired me four times: The first time, the time I left and came back, and twice after being laid off. I'm very happy about that and hope they are too.But I surely would not have been hired if I'd gone around slagging the company in public.
Look, I'm not arguing against whistleblowing if your employer genuinely does something wrong -- poisons the environment, abuses child labor, bribes officials. But a disagreement in strategy and layoff doesn't meet that standard.
I was surprised to read that she'd received job offers... from whom? Certainly not in the social media arena, I'd have to imagine. Or PR for that matter. As tough as it is to keep your mouth shut, sometimes you just have to grin and bear it. Or at least shut up. And grumble only to a couple of friends. Off-line.
I like the idea of Meetr, too, David but agree that the interface looks a bit clunky. Granted, I didn't delve into the whole $1.99, but I would guess that the company's media photos were supposed to demonstrate the best of the app's features. Some meetings definitely call for a cost-benefit analysis, that's for sure!
Good point. It becomes difficult to draw a distinction between using Google+ and simply using Google products.
I don't think Google cares that much about the distinction. Saying you're the #2 social network is great for bragging rights, but the key is ongoing popularity.
I use Google chat a lot, mainly because I use Gmail a lot, too. It's more convenient that way. I've been invited to a bunch of Hangouts but never really attended one...yet. I plan to try at least once in the next few weeks so I'll finally know what it's all about.
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The US National Security Agency learned the hard way that it can be dangerous to give a contractor too much money and access, with too little scrutiny. The NSA and other government agencies hire tens of thousands of contractors
a year to analyze data. Edward Snowden -- who revealed himself as the NSA leaker after fleeing the country -- was one such contractor, reportedly holding a $122,000 salaried position at Booz Allen Hamilton at the time of his departure.
Midsize businesses rarely achieve the same standards of security in their own datacenters as professional providers that specialize in delivering these services to organizations.
It was about 10 years ago when a new generation of software-as-a-service (SaaS) alternatives started to gain acceptance and adoption among organizations of all sizes. And it has only been about five years since Amazon Web Services captured the marketplace's attention with Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3, which opened the door to a vast array of infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) offerings. Now, the third piece of the cloud computing puzzle is beginning to win over organizations seeking to build their own apps: platform-as-a-service (PaaS).
Big-data and analytics tools enable marketers to understand customers as individuals, identifying unmet needs and addressing each customer as a "segment of one," says John Kennedy, VP corporate marketing, IBM.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The IBM Smarter Commerce Global Summit in Monaco kicked into high gear today, and we've already begun to see news emerging from that lovely city-state by the sea.
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