Nythoren

Nythoren t1_ix1q8dc wrote

My experience with AT&T is that the culture was one of kingdom building. Departments were pitted against each other and the management of each of those departments treated them as their own selfishly guarded fiefs. No cross collaboration, all decisions made in a vacuum, and the focus seemed to be more of "is this good for my department" instead of "is this good for the company".

As an example, there was a contract for a routing system that was about to expire that was roughly $7 mil/year. With the reduced labor costs and efficiency that the system provided, it was saving the company as a whole over $100mil/year. Seems like a slam-dunk renewal. But the department head wanted to cut his costs, so he decided not to renew and instead shut the whole thing down, going back to manual routing. His reasoning? "I don't care about that $100 mil. That's corporate money. I need to cut costs in this department and that $7 mil is an easy choice".

Anecdotal example, but from my experience it was like that pretty well across the board. There doesn't seem to be any true central leadership. It's more like a confederation of city states that is loosely united under the CEO but not really taking any direction from that high up. Maybe they're too big?

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Nythoren t1_iunsa5m wrote

Disappointed that they have the couple fighting monsters together. Thought it would be interesting if Mary was off fighting monsters while John is at home, oblivious to what she's off doing. How does she explain the cuts/bruises? How does her family help cover up her disappearing for 2 weeks? Basically how do Hunters hide their activity from non-hunters, and how does that complicate their relationships/friendships?

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