"Even with the weak economy, companies will find it harder to recruit savvy workers if they don't let them use their favored technology."
I'd like to know what this guy was smoking when he wrote this. In the US, with an unemployment rate of over 10%, if you turn down a job because the company won't let you use your "favored technology" then it is the company that has benefitted from you turning down the job! On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 5:13 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > Discuss: > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567204574499032945309844.html > > I believe this is more an indictment of the low quality of journalism > nowadays. It's little more than a rant on his employer's IT policies. In > no instance does he discuss the measured effect of IT policies might have > within an organization. He makes vague allusions to the productivity gains > users could acheive if allowed to use any software they felt necessary to do > their job. Near the end of the article he does finally discuss some of the > valid reasons for constraining users ability to install shiny new software > in order to be more "productive." > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
