Software Idea for Plug drugs

[maks]

I'm of the belief that you have no idea what you're talking about and rarely do

[Plug Drugs]

I'm of the belief that you have no idea what you're talking about and rarely do

okay let's look at this for a second:

Google - the most powerful company in the world - its employees are given total control over the computers they work on and have no restrictions imposed on them by the IT guy - management trusts them to be responsible, and this philosophy works to their advantage as it generates creative thinking.

Other Office Companies - heavily restrict what a worker is allowed to do on their computer - stuck in a perpetual corporate panic attack - due to the monotonous nature of the tasks they perform on their computer, the rate they can complete those tasks slows down and becomes excruciating

If you let office workers be their own boss over their computer, they prioritize tasks intuitively and not only get things done faster, but also come up with new approaches when solving problems and figure out ways to cut corners.

If you give employees the freedom to do things their own way, they'll put passion into their work.

This wouldn't put you out of work or anything like that marks, it would actually make your job easier; you'd have smaller team sizes and therefore less possibility of someone getting a virus. If people always remember to back up their work in multiple ways, work is never lost. Worst case scenario, you do a fresh install of windows for someone and reinstall the essential software; with modern hardware, this would only take like 20 minutes. As long as their project is backed up, there are no drawbacks to this.

[maks]

Worst case scenario, you do a fresh install of windows for someone and reinstall the essential software; with modern hardware, this would only take like 20 minutes.

this sentence by itself is so laughably untrue that it invalidates everything else.

[Plug Drugs]

this sentence by itself is so laughably untrue that it invalidates everything else.

no it's not

[Plug Drugs]

It would only be problematic for the book-keepers and those in charge of managing company finances; you'd definitely want things to be more secure for those computers.

[maks]

durr just reimage the machine and all their minecraft settings and facebook accounts come in from the web automatically it should only take about 20 minutes start to finish

[Plug Drugs]

All of that is part of an economic transition that's basically going to happen; it can't not happen - either people transition to this on their own, or the economy crashes and we have to transition anyways.
What's going to happen is corporations will start to become much more region-based, with less multinational conglomerates. It's just a result of an increasing North American population; higher population density means that international super-corporations like walmart or mcdonalds will have less of a potential for profit compared to region-specific corporations.

[Plug Drugs]

stop thinking 'my job is to keep things as difficult as possible' and start thinking willy wonka and the chocolate factory

[maks]

believe it or not office people do more than play minecraft and go on facebook, they're not sitting there reading about nietzche and chomsky on wikipedia, they are working in applications that the company bought and provided to them and they rarely if ever need any software outside of the scope of their job

[Plug Drugs]

And if she's got nothing else to do at the moment and feels like playing solitaire or something, who gives a shit; having entertainment during downtime puts workers in a better mood, and hence it increases productivity

Social media could be problematic I suppose; some people would feel too entitled to just talk on facebook 90% of the time and would act like you're inconveniencing them when you ask them to actually do some work.
Most people, if they actually enjoy their job and are given the freedom to be creative, aren't ever going to abuse their freedom though (given that they actually have something to do and are never being pressured to always be doing something).

And anyways, with smart phones nowadays, you're never going to totally stop people from going on facebook and whatever when they shouldn't.

Besides that, there are legitimate reasons someone might need to go on facebook during work: they might need to ask their husband/wife to pick up their kid from school; they might need to look up a phone number that is only listed on facebook; etc..

Again, you should stop thinking 'my job is to keep things as difficult as possible'

[maks]

well this secretary never does anything but excel and word but I should probably make her an admin so she can install minecraft because that's my narrow minded interpretation of google's corporate policy and they're a big company so it would automatically make her more productive

[Plug Drugs]

I'm not saying make her an admin, I'm saying allow her to organize her computer in a way that works best for her

[maks]

are you suggesting I change the permissions for the root of C: so everyone can make directories there

[Plug Drugs]

are you suggesting I change the permissions for the root of C: so everyone can make directories there

If they feel they have a reason that making a new directory in C: would somehow be more efficient for them, why stop them?