Huntsville, AL.
We have rockets, BBQ and a mountain.
I also hear we have trees that grow money-leaves, though I've yet to
cultivate one myself
-Andy
On Sep 26, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Shellman, David wrote:
It's not our direct bosses.
Our company is tightening it's spending as a direct result of
economic forecasts. The State of Pennsylvania is also taking similar
steps. I'm sure that there are others that are also others looking
at similar steps.
GMC, Ford, and Chrysler continued to build SUV's like there was no
tomorrow. Suddenly the price of fuel goes up and now they can't give
them away. Plants are closing. Folks are defaulting on mortgages.
Banks are closing. Loans are becoming harder to get.
Now upper management says "Hmm do I send Dave to Vegas or I lay off
40 people. Next week we may need to lay off another 600. Dave can
pass on Vegas."
All I'm saying is that in tough economic times is a tougher sell
than going to Baltimore or San Francisco or Houston or even Boston.
Dave
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I kinda agree. Especially since I know that Kelly's a hardworking,
honest person whose demeanor doesn't scream "flake". I think maybe
the boss was covering himself in case HIS boss asked for some
justification for sending someone to Vegas.
Rick
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 7:02 AM, Pierson, Shawn
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This isn't directly specifically at Kelly, but at everyone who is in
that type of situation.
I would be offended if my boss didn't trust me enough to be
professional and do my job. I don't think I would want to work for
someone that didn't trust me enough to be able to go to Las Vegas
for a conference and attend sessions and learn things. While your
approach may work, it doesn't address the core issue of peoples'
employers not believing that their people would do the right thing.
That is a sign of a bad business relationship.
Shawn Pierson
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Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 7:13 AM
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Subject: Re: 2008 User World
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If your boss bulks at Vegas (assuming that is the place) suggest
they do what my boss did years ago
for a show in Las Vegas. He had me pick my list of sessions I
planned to attend. I had to bring back
a complete trip report about what I learned plus a description of
what each vendor in the expo did
and how it related/or not to our company. Believe me he could tell
if I'd have just copied some stuff
from the slides and the show booklet (which I also had to provide to
him)
BTW, I'm sending some of your choice comments to Management... no
promises but I feel your pain.
Kelly Deaver
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