Ron, >Sometime in the last few years I heard >second-hand about a study about >the value of keeping the worst employee >around.
In a company of more than one employee there is always a worst employee. How is 'Worst' to be measured? I might regard Lindsay as being worse than me because he "regards programming as being akin to painting a picture or composing music", while he might regard me as being worse than him because I don't draw these parallels. If we are going to discuss programmer productivity people might like to read: http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/prechelt99grantsackman.html > The gist was things such as >that it gave other employees a benchmark >by which to judge themselves superior Pride before the fall. derek -- Derek M Jones tel: +44 (0) 1252 520 667 Knowledge Software Ltd mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Applications Standards Conformance Testing http://www.knosof.co.uk - Automatic footer for [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe discuss To join the announcements list, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe announce To receive a help file, mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] help This list is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40ppig.org/ If you have any problems or questions, please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
