[nylug-talk] Thanks, I landed somewhere....

[geeknoob]

I have to agree here.  I was taught before joining said union, that to 
"impress", you had to go above and beyond.  And as part of the IBEW, I 
was getting yelled at left and right for doing things too quickly, or 
staying a minute into break time to finish it, or anything that might 
differentiate me from the rest.  And most of the time, they even voiced 
their reason, which was simple: "you're making me look bad."

While no one did absolutely /nothing/, no one really put any more effort 
than they had to either.  (And they were still promoted, because there 
was no one else with a different mindset.)

~Kelly

Sunny Dubey wrote:
> Am Freitag, 6. Oktober 2006 09:03 schrieb Chris Cawley:
>
> are any of you IT people actually part of a union ?
>
> I am (by force)
>
> The moment you accept union mentality you can consider your professional 
> career ___OVER___.  Go read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" for some interesting 
> insights on why this is the case.  (Hell, go read it for plenty of other 
> reasons too.)
>
> I see people with no drive for life, no aspirations other than the seniority 
> and structured union promotions the union has for them.  Its sad.
>
> (Thankfully I'll be graduating college soon, and this part time gig will have 
> totally outlived its purpose.)
>
>