Timeline for Should an intern expect quality from the workplace?
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| Dec 2, 2015 at 21:02 | comment | added | Ed Plunkett | In fairness, as far as I can tell he's very far from demanding perfection. He just wants to see a will to improve. But aside from that, yes, every place is a mess -- and furthermore Grand Plans for reform often make things worse. 20 years into this, I have to say if your codebase supports a viable business, it's not all bad. That said, OP should find another job. It may be better, may be worse. But if he stays where he is, he'll always think he made the worst possible choice. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 20:55 | comment | added | Andrew Savinykh | "One thing you have to realize if that pretty much every employer is a mess", true, but some more and some less. If one is genuinely worse than average, I would not hesitate to move on. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 15:02 | comment | added | Gusdor | +1 no where is perfect. Just different shades of brown! My favourite strategy is to think small and chip out nice sculptures from the madness when you can. Changes should plug in to existing process because you cant change everything at once. | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 11:29 | comment | added | Cronax | Naturally that fact doesn't stop some of us from striving for the utopia anyways ;) | |
| Dec 2, 2015 at 1:58 | comment | added | user2338816 |
...pretty much every employer is a mess. Good overall answer, though upvoted specifically for that point. After 40+ years working in multi-billion-dollar multi-nationals, mid-sized companies, startups, municipal/county/state-level governments, you-name-it, it's good to know that others recognize the same.
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| Dec 1, 2015 at 23:17 | history | edited | HLGEM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 1, 2015 at 21:01 | comment | added | SomethingBrandNewAwful | I thought of questioning a few points, but in the end this is what I needed to read. It cleared my mind in an presentation that I have lined up. thanks! | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 20:58 | vote | accept | SomethingBrandNewAwful | ||
| Dec 1, 2015 at 20:49 | history | answered | HLGEM | CC BY-SA 3.0 |