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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by paulcole on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:26PM (#23328580)
Serious question: Has a company run by engineers ever failed?
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by marcus_holmes on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:02PM (#23329948)
Companies that focus on doing the thing they do well tend to do well. Companies that focus on messing about with their finances to keep the investors happy tend to fail.
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by paulcole on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @05:51PM (#23330512)
Do engineer ever do thing bad?
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by marcus_holmes on Thursday May 28, 2020 @05:18AM (#23335148)
Define "bad"
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by _dark_matter_ on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:28PM (#23328629)
Seriously? By the tens of thousands.
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Re:Boeing cutting more than 12,000 U.S. jobs with thousands ... by paulcole on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:53PM (#23329037)
I guess maybe I am too new here. I thought poor decisions were the realm of marketing people, managers, and accountants. Perhaps it is possible that an engineer is working in marketing/accounting and therefore has to accept some of the blame?
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