My Third Rant: One Man Business Fart - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Shenandoah
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2013, 05:20:07 pm
content: Hi all,Common characteristics you will find with the one man business owner:1) Delusion2) Stubbornness3) Micromanagement4) Don't know what they want5) Idiocy6) Design as you go, no plans, no specifications7) CheapVery high turnover rate9) Many big projects10) None released or functioningHey business owner, if you want a successful working project in a reasonable time, go hire more employees, pay them well, and stay away from temporary wannabees. Hire real professionals, and buy them snacks everyday.

author: MacAttak
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 26, 2013, 05:43:01 pm
content: I assume you don't mean to include independents** (although they are technically "one man business owner"), because they are generally the exact opposite of those things.**qualifier: I'm talking about competent independents who have decades of good experience - not the posers

author: Shenandoah
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2013, 05:46:28 pm
content: Yeah of course, I mean the companies that are run by only one man micromanaging the hell out of their employees.

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2013, 06:29:23 pm
content: Been there, done that, got the hell out.

author: Unknown
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 26, 2013, 11:01:39 pm
content: Quote from: MacAttak on July 26, 2013, 05:43:01 pmThank You!

author: JoeyP
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 26, 2013, 11:10:24 pm
content: Quote from: Shenandoah on July 26, 2013, 05:20:07 pmSounds like someone got laid off - again. Bitter much?

author: David_AVD
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 12:15:32 am
content: Quote from: Shenandoah on July 26, 2013, 05:46:28 pmSounds like a generalisation to me. I'm a sole director and I leave my guys to do their stuff a lot of the time.We all have a goal to provide good service and input from them is important. You also have to realise that you (as the boss) don't have a monopoly on all the good ideas.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 12:39:32 am
content: Quote from: Shenandoah on July 26, 2013, 05:46:28 pmThen you'd better re-edit your initial post to make that clear.Otherwise people will think you are talking about one-man no employee businesses.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 12:52:35 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on July 27, 2013, 12:39:32 amYeah that's the way I understood it too.

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 02:04:37 am
content: Quote from: Shenandoah on July 26, 2013, 05:20:07 pmI worked for a firm which had many of those characteristics,apart from (4),(6),& (10).Their product idea was actually great,& their software worked extremely well,but their hardware left a lot to be desired.They did know what they wanted--but it was sillyThey did have specifications---silly onesThey were mad on secrecy with the hardware--it took us months to get a schematic of the main interface board,which just used a lot of stuff lifted directly out of the National Semiconductors Handbook.They bought us snacks,& had barbecues-----& couldn't understand their high turnover!Hiring experienced people,then ignoring their advice will do that every time!It wasn't a one man business,as it had several partners.The partners didn't micromanage,but the managers they hired certainly did.

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 02:34:06 am
content: Quote from: Shenandoah on July 26, 2013, 05:20:07 pmsays the one man who wants to start his own waferfab... screen door - submarine ... or is the one with box of rocks...

author: vk6zgo
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 02:54:32 am
content: I've got a jar full of "rocks",but they are all on frequencies I'll probably never use!

author: Short Circuit
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 03:04:29 am
content: Quote from: Shenandoah on July 26, 2013, 05:20:07 pmQuote from: Shenandoah on June 27, 2013, 09:02:50 pm

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 03:54:58 am
content: Oh, that's rich...

author: Corporate666
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 08:33:31 pm
content: Quote from: Short Circuit on July 27, 2013, 03:04:29 amThat's going to leave a mark

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 09:14:12 pm
content: Oops. I gues we can call this one -busted-

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 10:13:16 pm
content: Shenandoah may be full of shit...But I can say honestly that I have worked for a company that met 10/10 of those, and I was tasked with bringing one of the projects in bullet #10 to market. I did so, and quit immediately after. You may think your boss is bad, but until you actually work at a company like that, it's hard to realize how hellish it can be when no one knows what's going on, the boss doesn't know what he wants, but he knows that he wants it, and when you're asked to bring a ridiculously over-ambitious project through to realization on a ridiculous timescale with no budget, and you take the blame when it only sells marginally well, instead of being the next Hero Product...It can be bad. Just make sure that your boss actually meets those criteria and is in fact a Total Asshole, rather than just a regular, everyday, run-of-the-mill asshole. Because there is a difference.

author: Short Circuit
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 27, 2013, 11:33:48 pm
content: Except such behaviours are not limited to one man businesses. Same thing happens in large corporations too.Only difference is the small business ceases to exist after a big failure, big corp jumps into the next one until stakeholders kick the responsible management.

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2013, 12:21:07 am
content: Unless said management has one golden calf from a lucky decision said management made 15 years ago, that keeps the company profitable most quarters, even with the odd expensive failure every year or so, and the high turnover rate.

author: Shenandoah
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2013, 04:48:50 pm
content: Quote from: Phaedrus on July 27, 2013, 10:13:16 pmYou are full of shit really...probably you are either a bullshit dickhead boss who with very huge butt who micromanages to hide his inferior complex, or you are an enslaved piece of shit working under a corrupt management but u have no choice but to take the shit. Mr farted American???"User" has been banned

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2013, 06:11:32 pm
content: Quote from: Shenandoah on July 28, 2013, 04:48:50 pmBeen romping around with Sandstrom ? you seem to have caught the pottymouth virus ...(Hyperdrive : S1E5)

author: Phaedrus
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2013, 07:00:21 pm
content: Wow jeez, I'm the only guy even partially defending you and you come back at me like a skipping George Carlin record? Nevermind, have it your way!

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2013, 08:04:21 pm
content: I was enjoying this little thread until the 'pottymouth' disease struck. A cool down is required ?Shenandoah: Have a beer and chill out. You kinda dug a big hole for yourself with your original post that looked like the rantings of someone who felt sour about a deal gone bad. It was almost certain that you would receive comments both in favour and against your view. If you don't want negativity, don't rant. Losing your temper is sure to lose you credibility on this forum.Just my friendly 5 cents and you can ignore it by all means.

author: baljemmett
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: July 28, 2013, 08:39:42 pm
content: Quote from: Aurora on July 28, 2013, 08:04:21 pmThe words 'stable door' and 'bolted' spring to mind, for some reason.

author: c4757p
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2013, 08:59:04 pm
content: Quote from: Aurora on July 28, 2013, 08:04:21 pmHold on now, that very well could be the initial problem...

author: Fraser
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 28, 2013, 09:05:15 pm
content: Having just read this persons other rants I see that they are very troubled indeed.I hope they get over it. This is a great forum to be part of, pity to get banned.