[ossig] [OT] Re: Job Posting: Linux System Support

[Ow Mun Heng]

On Tue, 2007-01-23 at 19:49 +0800, Yeak Nai Siew wrote:

>  went to see customers. After talking a while, they excuse themselves.
> They went to smoke in the staircase and talking nonsense! Then they
> come back after 15 to 30 min later. Work a while, gone again for
> another few minutes... Please, I am not there to wait for people
> smoke.

YOu know.. I guess this depends highly on the field of work. Eg : If you
were doing sales and you have to go entertain clients, (read :
nightclubs, karaoke, etc etc..) this may come as a requirement else how
to close deals??

Then what about the adage that majority of (big) business deals are
conducted and closed on the golf course?

I've even read a study (they study everything don't they??) that says
that on average, ppl who smoke/drink and socialise outside the working
office environment is more able to bring in more dough due to a larger
networking & social circle and a greater oppurtunity to slip in that
one-off sales pitch amid some hard-core beer-drinking-cum
smoke-till-the-cows-come-home games?

> 
> 
> So I tell myself I will never employ staffs who smoke.

It's a waste of time and money if you ask me. And what's more, 2nd hand
smoke!!