On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
> In June 2009 a new IT manager came on board. One of his
> first big pushes was to do a formal infrastructure review via an
> outside consulting firm. I find out during the course of all this that
> he's looking to outsource significant chunks of our infrastructure,
> with a view to simplify and reduce costs, and a further finding is
> that virtualization inside the org is considered too complex and
> costly - too much to spend on training, support, etc, and his idea is
> to revert to one machine, one OS. He had some other ideas with which I
> don't agree.
...
> Now, as of early last week, I find out that he's leaving the company -
> found a better gig.

  I've seen that type called a "seagull manager": They fly in, make a
lot of noise, sh*t all over everything, then fly off, leaving someone
else to clean up the mess.

-- Ben

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