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2.0 I had such high hopes posted by OldMaster on May 15, 2009

We got a new CEO, who has given us lots of window dressing and "feel good" messages. However, after all the ado about "corporate values" all we have are some expensive posters that haven't changed a thing.

Benefits: very mediocre health plan, stock options that you have to leave to take advantage of, (really!) no more 401K matching. Underwhelming salarys, but you can eat all the leftovers whenever the Sales People have a meeting.

Infrastructure: An IT department that is worse than DeAnza or SJSU. Really difficult to do anything with such a small limit on your mailbox size. IT mgr is pompous and makes you feel glad that he does not see his organization as service related. Tiniest pipe I have seen- better bandwidth in my apartment.

Communications: New company just added this year- new CEO's idea. They seem to have a better software plan than we do, but hard to tell. Colaboration is not encouraged.

Culture: Sales Is King. The rest of us suckle the hind teat. A forest of empty cubicles and out of date software. If you want to use modern tools, then buy them yourself.

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    automated testing 1.0
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