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here I go...
I am an engineer at a major telecomm company and the worst thing about my job is...the people. There are two groups of workers:
1) people with 20+ years in the company (many in the same job or department) [like my mom]
2) people with 5 or less years, usually young (under 35) and college educated [like me]
The bad thing is that group 1 refuses to change how they do things and fall back on the 'well, we've ALWAYS done it like that...' Nevermind the fact that the process or procedure (if there is one!) is outdated, unnecessary, costly or illogical. So as a group 2 person, I get very frustrated at times.
Fortunately, I am on a district-wide process improvement team where I hope we can make a difference. These workarounds are a real headache because they don't solve anything.
One would expect engineers to be logical, RIGHT?!
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