“Lower the costs and increase profits.”

I would say in this case it’s just as likely the project managers knew exactly how long it should take, but the word from above was “get it done by (apparently 30 days) or you’re fired/demoted”, so that’s what it was. To me this debacle stinks of upper management interference. I wouldn’t lay all of this on middle…

And then management wonders why they don’t get honest feedback from the shop floor.

people who say it can’t be done get canned, while those who say it can are just wrong but live to get another paycheck

I know, right? Just build used cars ffs.

My current car may be old, but it’s paid for, works fine, and does everything I ask of it. Why would I want to take on a car payment? In a couple of years I may be in a different boat, but in the meantime I can bank what I’m not paying on a car note.

You joke, but there was a more or less bought and paid for light rail system ready to go for the Cincy-Columbus-Cleveland corridor about a decade ago (including buying an entire fleet of used trains from the Spanish govt.) and the governor pulled the plug right before construction began.

We can’t even build pipelines currently that don’t occasionally spill their contents all over the place, so making a hundreds of miles long sealed and depressurized tube network should be easy, right?!

I poured my heart and soul into driving reader engagement on Splinter. I failed. It is a guilt I will carry for the rest of my life.

I’m even more amazed that comments are allowed.

thanks

TWIST! Spanfeller was TomatoFace all along...

if the Left can learn to tame its more feral impulses.

Eh, The Root was always going to have dedicated trolls. It’s almost like they have to subsidize that which they hate, because they’re fucking morons.

I’m assuming he’s already left this world. I can’t imagine it would be as fun for him to pretend to be an auto enthusiast on Jalopnik.

Splinter scratched an itch. Vox is pretty good. NYT and the WP are .. fine ... I guess.

splinter was my first stop for political news on any given day. it was a good site and im going to miss it.

So weird that I hit the Splinter logo by mistake instead of the CNN one on my phone faves just now. And I see a 13 minute old post? Huh?

I for one am amazed this post was allowed 

What is TomatoFace going to do now?