i am considering switching jobs now that my current employer has again made a large fuss about a non-issue. the place where i work has traditionally been dominated by elderly men with few clues. faced with the growing pace of technological change, they must increasingly feel out of their depth. but instead of going with the flow, they try to stem the tide by trumpeting around with their silly corporate policies. completely blind to the real problems, they would rather escalate a “situation” where one of their employees has gone out of his way to get a job done than hiring qualified people or investing in infrastructure.

i feel sorry for all the employees that i have brought to this company. it looked like we might have a stab at changing things for the better, but maybe that was a naive outlook. quitting now would seriously hamper their efforts to get off the ground, and it would be cowardly to leave now. on the other hand they should start to look for themselves.

so in case you have an interesting job offer talk to me. i might just bite.

this crap prompted me to re-read the cluetrain manifesto. although slightly soapy in style, it never fails to deliver fatal blows to stubborn companies destined to die. here comes:

• Companies need to lighten up and take themselves less seriously. They need to get a sense of humor.
• Companies make a religion of security, but this is largely a red herring. Most are protecting less against competitors than against their own market and workforce.
• Command-and-control management styles both derive from and reinforce bureaucracy, power tripping and an overall culture of paranoia.
• To traditional corporations, networked conversations may appear confused, may sound confusing. But we are organizing faster than they are. We have better tools, more new ideas, no rules to slow us down.

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