On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Stanley Brinkerhoff wrote: > > Oh come on -- play nice with the locals. > > This isn't Comcast -- its a local organization with perhaps some flaws that > all organizations have. Another "play nice" post. I really did not think I was being that critical, but you beg me asking why? Because they are local? Because of Forrest? Does being local mean that I/we should not be critical of any local company? What about SummitTech and the wonderful job they did to make all of Montpelier wireless? Can I criticize Level3?
> A friend of mine applied for over 120 jobs in 2006 > and received 6 denials, 1 calls, and 1 interview. Unfortunately its par for > the course -- Which is not an excuse! I realize that's the way it is. I accept that, but if a company is going to advertise to fill a job then they should allocate the resources necessary to respond in a timely fashion to all respondents; even those who fail the pre-screening filter. > especially with the breadth of resumes the internet brings to > a job (we recently received ~100 resumes over the course of a week for a > "director" position within my organization; about three from Vermont; the > rest not even remotely relevant). Tapping into the Internet as a resource to expand one's reach does not absolve, but should rather increase one's need not to be rude. Anthony mentioned harvesting resumes, that, to me, is like spammers but in reverse. To think it's perfectly OK w/out honoring the fact that one is dealing with a human being who took the time and initiative to respond is a) rude b) short-sighted c) no different than being a spammer e) a sad sign of the times > > That being said; I have personally done work with Logic Supply and ordered a > small volume of machines from them. While they may not pose a 'local > advantage' in terms of an organization you buy from; they do hire Vermont > workers; and their people are wonderful to work with. I have no doubts that you are 100% correct. Is all I'm saying is that 1st impressions count and my observations were about mine. > > Re: Linux > > Lets not knock an organization that is trying to expand their horizons -- > though slowly. They list themselves as a Canonical Solutions partner. I > will attest to the sales rep I spoke with being quite knowledgable about > what products worked best with Linux, and where to find support/drivers for > said hardware. > > Corporate is what corporate is -- and Logic Supply is probably following the > money, and doing so while supporting Linux on their platform, supporting > Vermont, and not routing calls to India. > > Stan >
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