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28/Jun/2007 5:46AM |
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Best Buy was battling this age discrimination suit since 2004. While details of the settlement weren't made public, we do know that back in October 2003 and June 2004 Best Buy laid off pretty much all of its 820 IT workers. Yes, approximately 40 of those stayed on with Best Buy and about 650 of them continued to work at Best Buy's offices, but as employees of another firm. The rest of the IT force found their jobs eliminated. The problem was not one of those 130 workers was under the age of 40. Hmm ....
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28/Jun/2007 5:46AM |
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Best Buy was battling this age discrimination suit since 2004. While details of the settlement weren't made public, we do know that back in October 2003 and June 2004 Best Buy laid off pretty much all of its 820 IT workers. Yes, approximately 40 of those stayed on with Best Buy and about 650 of them continued to work at Best Buy's offices, but as employees of another firm. The rest of the IT force found their jobs eliminated. The problem was not one of those 130 workers was under the age of 40. Hmm ....
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20/Jun/2007 8:37AM |
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User is having performance issues with his office PC, so he calls this help desk pilot fish, who goes to work on the problem while the user is still on the phone."It turns out that his newly installed music player was sucking up 100% of his CPU," says fish. "I connected via remote assistance and uninstalled the music player, and everything started working."From looking at his PC, I'd say it's all about fun for him, so what happened in the meantime shouldn't surprise anyone."
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20/Jun/2007 8:37AM |
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User is having performance issues with his office PC, so he calls this help desk pilot fish, who goes to work on the problem while the user is still on the phone."It turns out that his newly installed music player was sucking up 100% of his CPU," says fish. "I connected via remote assistance and uninstalled the music player, and everything started working."From looking at his PC, I'd say it's all about fun for him, so what happened in the meantime shouldn't surprise anyone."
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18/Jun/2007 4:45PM |
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A double-strength IT Blogwatch for Tuesday: in which Yahoo! gets a "new" CEO and Blockbuster throws its weight behind Blu-Ray. Not to mention a tiny tricycle powered by a turbojet...Jerry Yang breaks the news on his weblog:The title of Chief Yahoo takes on new meaning today. I have the great honor of stepping into the role of Yahoo!’s Chief Executive Officer. Yahoo! has an incredibly bright future and I make this move with deep conviction and enthusiasm. I’ve partnered closely with our executive teams for 12 years to steer our strategy and direction and today I’m ready for this challenge.Today also marks the close of a great chapter in my life with Terry Semel as my partner. Since coming on board in 2001, Terry has given Yahoo! six of its best years. He delivered great value to our users, advertisers and shareholders ... I will always be grateful for the incredible achievements under his leadership — and for his mentorship and friendship.
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18/Jun/2007 4:45PM |
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A double-strength IT Blogwatch for Tuesday: in which Yahoo! gets a "new" CEO and Blockbuster throws its weight behind Blu-Ray. Not to mention a tiny tricycle powered by a turbojet...Jerry Yang breaks the news on his weblog:The title of Chief Yahoo takes on new meaning today. I have the great honor of stepping into the role of Yahoo!’s Chief Executive Officer. Yahoo! has an incredibly bright future and I make this move with deep conviction and enthusiasm. I’ve partnered closely with our executive teams for 12 years to steer our strategy and direction and today I’m ready for this challenge.Today also marks the close of a great chapter in my life with Terry Semel as my partner. Since coming on board in 2001, Terry has given Yahoo! six of its best years. He delivered great value to our users, advertisers and shareholders ... I will always be grateful for the incredible achievements under his leadership — and for his mentorship and friendship.
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18/Jun/2007 4:45PM |
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A double-strength IT Blogwatch for Tuesday: in which Yahoo! gets a "new" CEO and Blockbuster throws its weight behind Blu-Ray. Not to mention a tiny tricycle powered by a turbojet...Jerry Yang breaks the news on his weblog:The title of Chief Yahoo takes on new meaning today. I have the great honor of stepping into the role of Yahoo!’s Chief Executive Officer. Yahoo! has an incredibly bright future and I make this move with deep conviction and enthusiasm. I’ve partnered closely with our executive teams for 12 years to steer our strategy and direction and today I’m ready for this challenge.Today also marks the close of a great chapter in my life with Terry Semel as my partner. Since coming on board in 2001, Terry has given Yahoo! six of its best years. He delivered great value to our users, advertisers and shareholders ... I will always be grateful for the incredible achievements under his leadership — and for his mentorship and friendship.
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14/Jun/2007 4:28PM |
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Telecommuting often means higher wages, according to a study (.pdf) published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Bonnie Sue Gariety, an economist at Oregon’s employment department, and Sherrill Shaffer, a University of Wyoming professor, used BLS survey data from 2001 to calculate the wage effects of working at home. Overall, telecommuters' pay was nine cents/hour higher for women and 13 cents more for men.Why? The study offers various theories, but the one it mentioned that's mostly likely true: Managers allow their best (most productive and highly paid) employees the freedom to telecommute.
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14/Jun/2007 4:28PM |
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Telecommuting often means higher wages, according to a study (.pdf) published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Bonnie Sue Gariety, an economist at Oregon’s employment department, and Sherrill Shaffer, a University of Wyoming professor, used BLS survey data from 2001 to calculate the wage effects of working at home. Overall, telecommuters' pay was nine cents/hour higher for women, and 13 cents more for men.Why? The study offers various theories, but the one it mentioned that's mostly likely true: Managers allow their best (most productive and highly paid) employees the freedom to telecommute.
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13/Jun/2007 8:24AM |
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This fast-growing company sells its products through multiple channels: retail stores, the Internet and international distributors. And when execs want to get a better understanding of whether those products are sold at the right price, this IT pilot fish gets involved."Finance had us run a few reports against our back-end system," says fish. "To our surprise, we noticed that the majority of the international sales were executed at an incorrect price. Some of the products were sold at 10% of the regular price."
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13/Jun/2007 8:24AM |
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This fast-growing company sells its products through multiple channels: retail stores, the Internet and international distributors. And when execs want to get a better understanding of whether those products are sold at the right price, this IT pilot fish gets involved."Finance had us run a few reports against our back-end system," says fish. "To our surprise, we noticed that the majority of the international sales were executed at an incorrect price. Some of the products were sold at 10% of the regular price."
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13/Jun/2007 8:24AM |
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This fast-growing company sells its products through multiple channels: retail stores, the Internet and international distributors. And when execs want to get a better understanding of whether those products are sold at the right price, this IT pilot fish gets involved."Finance had us run a few reports against our back-end system," says fish. "To our surprise, we noticed that the majority of the international sales were executed at an incorrect price. Some of the products were sold at 10% of the regular price."
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12/Jun/2007 8:37AM |
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There's a mass exodus from a casino's IT department, and this pilot fish is in the first batch of replacements hired. "We were half-staffed, and it showed," fish says. "A corporate guy flew out and interviewed potential technicians, and our choices were slim. "One guy was legally blind. Another was a used-car salesman. A third worked in security at the casino. He supposedly had IT experience."Sure enough, the security guy is hired, largely because he's already an employee and already has the required gaming license.
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12/Jun/2007 8:37AM |
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There's a mass exodus from a casino's IT department, and this pilot fish is in the first batch of replacements hired. "We were half-staffed, and it showed," fish says. "A corporate guy flew out and interviewed potential technicians, and our choices were slim. "One guy was legally blind. Another was a used-car salesman. A third worked in security at the casino. He supposedly had IT experience."Sure enough, the security guy is hired, largely because he's already an employee and already has the required gaming license.
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08/Jun/2007 9:44AM |
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Flash back to the 1980s, when this pilot fish starts a consulting gig at a small company that handles the data-processing needs for a few dozen small banks. It's a mainframe shop that uses an editor fish has never seen before -- and the main screen includes an unusual option: "Shutdown." "One day while I was in the room I shared with several other consultants, we began to wonder what 'Shutdown' meant," says fish. "I was the youngest guy in the room, so to impress the older guys I said I'd hit the appropriate function key to see what it meant."
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08/Jun/2007 9:44AM |
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Flash back to the 1980s, when this pilot fish starts a consulting gig at a small company that handles the data-processing needs for a few dozen small banks. It's a mainframe shop that uses an editor fish has never seen before -- and the main screen includes an unusual option: "Shutdown." "One day while I was in the room I shared with several other consultants, we began to wonder what 'Shutdown' meant," says fish. "I was the youngest guy in the room, so to impress the older guys I said I'd hit the appropriate function key to see what it meant."
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08/Jun/2007 9:44AM |
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Flash back to the 1980s, when this pilot fish starts a consulting gig at a small company that handles the data-processing needs for a few dozen small banks. It's a mainframe shop that uses an editor fish has never seen before -- and the main screen includes an unusual option: "Shutdown." "One day while I was in the room I shared with several other consultants, we began to wonder what 'Shutdown' meant," says fish. "I was the youngest guy in the room, so to impress the older guys I said I'd hit the appropriate function key to see what it meant."
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07/Jun/2007 8:45AM |
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It's many years ago, and this recently hired pilot fish in a mainframe shop gets a new assignment: He's the "emergency reports" guy."I was to create, run and print special-request reports for company big shots, and I was expected to get them done by end of day," says fish. "And I was expected to not bother my boss."One day, fish takes a call from a bigwig who needs a report for a really big investor. The investor is flying in, and he expects the report to be ready when he walks in.Being new, fish doesn't know who either the bigwig or the investor is, so he just goes to work on the report.
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07/Jun/2007 8:45AM |
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It's many years ago, and this recently hired pilot fish in a mainframe shop gets a new assignment: He's the "emergency reports" guy."I was to create, run and print special-request reports for company big shots, and I was expected to get them done by end of day," says fish. "And I was expected to not bother my boss."One day, fish takes a call from a bigwig who needs a report for a really big investor. The investor is flying in, and he expects the report to be ready when he walks in.Being new, fish doesn't know who either the bigwig or the investor is, so he just goes to work on the report.
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07/Jun/2007 8:45AM |
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It's many years ago, and this recently hired pilot fish in a mainframe shop gets a new assignment: He's the "emergency reports" guy."I was to create, run and print special-request reports for company big shots, and I was expected to get them done by end of day," says fish. "And I was expected to not bother my boss."One day, fish takes a call from a bigwig who needs a report for a really big investor. The investor is flying in, and he expects the report to be ready when he walks in.Being new, fish doesn't know who either the bigwig or the investor is, so he just goes to work on the report.
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