I'm leading a new, self-managed work team that's implementing standard processes for IT project management, telecommunications, operations and technical services.
Nice jeans are appropriate.
It starts with the green coffee, tracking the beans all the way through the roasting process, where we have silo management systems and production control. Then we have distribution systems to track the roasted beans and systems in the stores to track receipt. It's pretty much full circle. In the IT budget last year, we didn't know what the exact rates would be for contract programmers, so we classified them as short, tall, grande or venti. We try to keep salaries current with the market, but it's hard to do that systematically, so spot bonuses help.