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Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by Kinrany on Saturday December 23, 2017 @01:22PM (#15995443)
How do the companies know that they can trust their employees?
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Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by pjc50 on Saturday December 23, 2017 @01:58PM (#15995635)
How do they know they can trust the consultant?

(More seriously, being unable to trust your employees to give useful feedback is a sign that your culture is a disaster)

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Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by jwhitlark on Saturday December 23, 2017 @03:57PM (#15996222)
They diff the output of the consultant against that of the employee. Trust, but verify.
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Re:How I went from programming to consulting (2012) by ZenoArrow on Saturday December 23, 2017 @01:52PM (#15995603)
They must trust them enough to employ them. Even if they don't think any single person they employ has "all the answers", if you listen to feedback from your employees you can get a sense of trends. Furthermore, these observations should be something verifiable. You're asking for concrete feedback on issues, not vague comments about what's wrong.
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