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Article #86390Re: Mgt. at work dictating the car you drive
From: Paul Hansen
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 00:00
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In article <6i914b$b13$9@newsreader.digex.net>, bentley@access4.digex.net (Bentley) wrote: > Harbir Singh (harbir@vt.edu) said something like: > : I do not accept that automotive companies should be able to dictate what > : their employees drive. If I worked for a car company, it would be enough > : that I dedicate most of my waking life to it, that it benefits from my > : intellect (such as it is) and hard work, that I owe it loyalty and > : allegiance. They have no business expecting me to drive a particular car > : unless they pay for it and don't tell me what to drive with my own money. > > It's a touchy issue. However, most IBM employees I know carry ThinkPads, > and not Toshibas; few Microsoft employees I know use OS/2 or Macs. Isn't > it reasonable for an employer to expect the employee to have enough faith > and loyalty in the product to use it himself? Actually, I know quite a few Microsoft employees that use macs. Of course, that's because they are graphic designers... > -- > > B E N T L E Y < bentley AT digex DOT net > A long frisbee throw from the pungent and lovely Potomac River > www.access.digex.net/~bentley/remove-this-bot-blocking-part Paul Hansen -- Japan Sports Car - enthusiasts information for japan's domestic market only sports cars http://www2.gol.com/users/polarbr/sportscar
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e16d,df1345535139974 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e16d,public X-Google-Thread: fb785,df1345535139974 X-Google-Attributes: gidfb785,public X-Google-Thread: 1011e5,df1345535139974 X-Google-Attributes: gid1011e5,public X-Google-Thread: 1073ca,df1345535139974 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073ca,public From: polarbr@no.spam.please.gol.com (Paul Hansen) Subject: Re: Mgt. at work dictating the car you drive Date: 1998/04/30 Message-ID: <polarbr-3004981529550001@tc-4a-092.tokyo.gol.ne.jp> X-Deja-AN: 348984735 References: <3544C832.4E4BD827@kktv.com> <3545575C.7A92128C@prodigy.net.nospam> <6i3mms$250$1@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <6i914b$b13$9@newsreader.digex.net> Organization: Polar Bear Graphics Newsgroups: co.general,va.general,rec.autos.driving,dc.driving