Why not have your employees learn other technologies?

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Paul,

I've seen that attitude years ago when I worked for a consultant.  One of 
the consultants was benched.  The S/36 was new.  I suggested that we train 
her how to operate it.  The boss said no for exactly the reason you 
mentioned.  Very shortly later we had to turn down a contract for a 
hospital willing to pay us consultant rates to operate their S/36 for a 
few weeks while their operator was on medical leave.

That consultant firm has since went casters up.

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




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> Now you know I'm no big fan of Java, but why oh why would any
> company *not* want their staff to keep current on the latest
> technologies? Java or otherwise, technologies that might actually
> *benefit* the company.

Unfortunately, a lot of companies think that if their tech folks learn new
stuff, it will be just one more thing to put on their resume' for the next
job. If you look back at the job hopping that has gone on in the last xx
years, I think that you'll agree to some extent that we've done this to
ourselves. Accountants and engineers don't switch nearly as often as IT
folks.


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