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DavidDvorkin

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8. When I worked for the phone company

Thu Nov 29, 2012, 03:03 PM

Nov 2012

(US West), I was labeled a manager even though I didn't manage anyone. I was a software developer.

They classified as management anyone who wasn't climbing telephone poles or answering customer calls. I think that was standard practice kept over from the Bell system days, and I suspect it applies to Verizon, as well.

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