I do whatever I want at work and I haven’t been fired yet

Re:I do whatever I want at work and I haven’t been fired yet by aptwebapps on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @12:08PM (#14745313)

Basecamp was founded in 1999 so I think they've had time to make plenty of mistakes. While I don't dispute the idea of approval processes as scar tissue, perhaps most companies scar too easily. I mean that both in the sense of being fragile and in the sense of over-reacting.

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Re:I do whatever I want at work and I haven’t been fired yet by plasticchris on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @12:15PM (#14745374)

No one gets fired for adding process, that's why it's so common yet a slow death.

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Re:I do whatever I want at work and I haven’t been fired yet by danielalmeida on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @12:55PM (#14745772)

Basecamp has 50 employees. Google was founded in 1998 and has 50k employees. I think there's something more to be said about the differences in their experiences and the kind of mistakes they have made.

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Re:I do whatever I want at work and I haven’t been fired yet by aptwebapps on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @02:00PM (#14746393)

I wasn't comparing it to Google. I was just saying that 18 years is long enough for many companies to develop lots of process scar tissue.

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