Man.. you should have seen the fat at Motorola in its heyday. I had a long interview with one of their senior R&D people once and it was an eye opening conversation...
This especially stuck out to me as it is fairly consistent across most episodes that I have seen:
"If Lemonis has a genius skill it’s in keeping his temper and working through bullshit problems to get to the real festering issues that are at the root of inefficiencies."
They authorized 250 Billion in Defense Spending last year. They are not slowing down. Eisenhower warned us, and that is not even counting black ops that are funded "privately"
Yeah.. Any critical thinker could see Robert trying to influence people. He actually is in favor of MLM systems in it, the minute I read that I was instantly suspicious of him... I later found out for good reason.
I've been a contract recruiter for most of my career, and while we could have a excellent conversation about how relatively new the recruiting function is to corporations, and how it has evolved, and where I see it going.. I have to say I am honestly offended by your statement that contract recruiters generally "They are amongst the most clueless, unprofessional and inefficient people working at these tech companies" and "has no real vested interest the process or how they represent the company"
This statement is patently absurd and offensive.
Yes, there are bad recruiters out there, as there are bad sales reps, customer service people, and even shitty engineers who leave a lot of shitty code in places it shouldn't be.
Are you really so unaware of how bad the reputation of recruiters is in the tech industry? If so I'm afraid you might be severely out of touch.
You might note that my comment resonated with more than a few people considering its position at the top of the discussion.
>"This statement is patently absurd and offensive."
It's odd that rather than consider any merits of another's observations you instead dismiss them as "absurdity" without providing a single argument as to why.
Bad reputations evolve over time. And "recruiting" by the way is not new. It has been a staple in HR since the first dot com boom.
Your claim that there are lots of people out there who are bad at their jobs is nothing more than the moral equivalence fallacy. For someone so offended that's a pretty weak argument.
And lastly if you reread my comment you will see that I said it is not all and recognized that there are some excellent recruiters out there. Its the third sentence.
It truly is the worst of the coffee offerings out here. When I see people in SF walking around with Peet's I always think "why?", you are literally surrounded by some of the best coffee in the world.... hell even Nestle Sell out Blue Bottle would be better than Peet's
Those of us who grew up in less desirable environments (where they have real winter) are perfectly content with living out farther, and commuting in on the BART.
I personally live out by the Delta surrounded by fresh air, fresh fruit, and nice people (we have a strong community and frequently see people we know out and about, it's great). My commute into SF is about 90 min one way, and it is the easiest, least stressful commute I have had in my life.
I hope you work during your commute so you don't have to be away from family for 3 + 8
(Or more) hours. That means basically working the whole day all week, seeing your family only on weekends. I can't imagine what kind of comp someone would want for that (effectively permanent 55 hour weeks).
My wife has never worked because she did not have a career established when we decided to have kids. Allowing her to stay home is one of my proudest accomplishments (and it has done wonders for our kids).
I am home every night to spend a few hours with my kids, and I read to them every night before bed.
I spend all day on the weekends with them.
Sure I would love a shorter commute, as I said, I am in a non technical, and not in as high demand profession as many on here.
This is what a regular person goes through Hackernews. Keep that in consideration the next time you feel like complaining.
I don't mean to say you are making poor choices, I meant to say I hope you are well compensated for it. And it saddens me that we still have to be making this (11-12h workday) as a perhaps rational choice. It's a failure in infrastructure, city planning, labor laws, ...
People fought really hard to get to 5 day/40h work weeks. Seems we lost a bit of momentum after that.
