[147159] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Looking for a Tier 1 ISP Mentor for career advice.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Palmer)
Fri Dec 2 20:02:22 2011
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 12:01:26 +1100
From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 05:55:23PM -0600, Robert Bonomi wrote:
>
> "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com> wrote:
> >
> > Apologies for the rapid-shot email. It's Friday... :-)
> >
> > bmanning@vacation.karoshi.com wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 04:35:27PM -0500, David Radcliffe wrote:
> >> > The reason it is not more accepted is too many people still think "If I
> >> > cannot see you you must not be working."
> >>
> >> actually, i've heard the real reason is corporate liability ...
> >> that said, there is an advantage for team f2f mtgs on a periodic
> >> basis.
> >
> > I don't follow. Could you elaborate? What is the liability?
>
> I don't know for certain, but I expect "work at home' employeees fall under
> the scope of the employers "Workmans Compenstation" liability covrerage,
> with regard to injuries sustained "on the job".
"There are those who say this has already happened"
http://www.news.com.au/business/telstra-forced-to-pay-costs-compensation-after-worker-dale-hargreaves-slips-while-working-at-home/story-e6frfm1i-1226081649913
Now, I'm sure the facts of the matter haven't gotten in the way of the story
there, but I'm struggling to come up with a set of circumstances which
*don't* involve an application of palm to face.
- Matt
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You know you have a distributed system when the crash of a computer you’ve
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