Re:You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss (2008)
by crimsonalucard on Friday January 11, 2019 @06:31AM
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He might implicitly exclude them? I wouldn't discount his post completely just because it has an absolutist tone. To do so would be absolutist yourself.
Re:You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss (2008)
by bxmeyers on Friday January 11, 2019 @05:49AM
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Like most public institutions, CERN is overstaffed and has produced comparatively little.
Publicly funded people in Europe act and feel like royalty and build themselves Veblen goods. In several German cities, the only buildings that are in good shape are government buildings and universities.
Normal people do not have money to paint their houses (if they have one, that's another thing only civil servants can afford).
Re:You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss (2008)
by ahartmetz on Friday January 11, 2019 @07:00AM
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Yeah, no. There is probably quite some inefficiency at CERN like at all large institutions, but none of the rest is true according to my observations. Even in Berlin, which is a relatively poor German city, there are plenty of well maintained private buildings of all kinds. I've also seen somewhat rundown looking government offices.
He doesn't explicitly exclude publicly funded institutions. He says working for big organizations will always suck. I quoted him verbatim. And this highlights my problem with him: absolutes.
Also, does your final sentence insinuate that people at CERN aren't actually working?!