Corporate waste. More people, more problems.I learned something new about headhunters. Not only do they barelyunderstand the technical details of the computer jobs they advertise,but there is an additional supervisor headhunter making sure they dothis correctly. I've gotten close enough to two headhunters so far tonotice this. One was a full-time position and the other a W-2 pseudocontract. Apparently the lower headhunters simply do resume searchesand call candidates on the phone while the upper headhunters getinvolved once an interview is or has been arranged.In terms of waste, let's not forget the HR person who actually worksfor the real company, and if the company does matrix management thenthere's also one of those types of managers. Hopefully the projectmanager knows what he's doing. Otherwise, he's delegated any realresponsibility to the VP above him one or more senior softwareengineers beside him.That leaves software engineers, senior software engineers, and vicepresidents actually effecting any real work or business decisions.

Excuse me. But there must be a newsgroup for job rants?

I think there are newsgroups for petty posters too.I think there are newsgroups for petty posters too.

How many headhunters does it take to screw in a light bulb?

Feb 08, 2007 21 Replies

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jon 19 years ago

I think there might be a newsgroup for double posting too.

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nappy 19 years ago

I think there are newsgroups for petty posters too.

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