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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by sprafa on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @07:40PM (#14659565)
TPS

The manager must know the work, otherwise he can't manage. Doesn't sound like the case.

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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by BeetleB on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @11:00PM (#14660446)
In this case, the manager knew enough to know the person was spewing BS objections most of the time. He was actually an expert in the field and the discussions were often of a technical nature related to his expertise.

Although yes, it was a separate problem that he didn't know plenty of the operational "small" details which caused him to always underestimate project timelines.

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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @08:01PM (#14659660)
What does TPS stand for in this context?
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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by avg_dev on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @08:48PM (#14659880)
It's a reference to the movie Office Space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy3rjQGc6lA
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Re:Is it unethical for me to not tell my employer I've autom... by jdale27 on Thursday June 29, 2017 @12:20AM (#14660736)
Actually I think it's a reference to one of the principles of the Toyota Production System (TPS):

A leader must understand the daily work in great detail so that he or she can be a best teacher of your company's philosophy. -- https://missiontps.blogspot.com/p/14-principles.html

That's different from the TPS reports of Office Space fame (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPS_report).

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