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

[Yeak Nai Siew]

On 23/01/2007, at 7:57 PM, Ow Mun Heng wrote:

> 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
>

Technical.

> 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?

Agree. I got friends who smoke and they are doing sales. I have no  
problem with that. They need to socialize and they bring in sales.  
That's okay.

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


Perhaps I should make it clear that I meant "Technical" person.

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


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