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In article <1gt3n6INNko5@access.usask.ca> choy@skorpio.usask.ca (I am a terminator.) writes:
>The latest issue of Spectrum discusses the conversion of engineers from
>military work to civilian work. One of the articles says that
>many engineers could go through 10-12 jobs in a lifetime. Companies tend
>to contract work out so engineers can't expect to work in a stable
>company. They have to learn to manage themselves and go around looking
>for work. Having to look for work every few years is a royal pain in the
>ass. Upper management should be getting enough work to keep their
>engineers employed. There's a few engineering firms in town. They bid
>on contracts and employ engineers to grind out the details. An
>engineering friend of mine was laid off from one such company because it
>didn't have enough work to do. Now my friend has gone out and found
>people wanting to contract work out. What's this big company doing?
>It's gotten so big that it doesn't even know how to get work. They just
>bury themselves with paperwork and legal matters.
>

   Welcome to the real world of engineering.  Very few of the
companies that I have worked for or have come into contact with have
good engineering managements.
   In fact, if anyone out there does work for a well-managed company I
would like to hear about it.  What are the characteristics of a
well-managed company?  Why do you think your company is well-managed?
Any takers?

Regards, Dan
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