"Not all boomerangs come back". True, but it look like the mainframe conversion teams was well trained in boomeraning ;-) At least it make John happy, so it make me happy as well.
ITschak On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 5:45 PM Ron Hawkins <ron.hawk...@ipsicsopt.com> wrote: > Not all boomerangs come back. > > Not all who throw a boomerang can make it come back. > > Take it from an Aussie that has unsuccessfully thrown a few boomerangs. > > > RON HAWKINS > Director, Ipsicsopt Pty Ltd (ACN: 627 705 971) > m+61 400029610| t: +1 4085625415 | f: +1 4087912585 > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of ITschak Mugzach > Sent: Friday, 23 August 2019 00:18 > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Attitude of companies toward mainframers working > from home? > > John, It sounds like the buyer got an ausrellian boomerang, not an > insurance company. your company migration story reminds me the australian > that purchased a new boomerang, but was unable to get rid of the old one > ;-) > > ITschak > > On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 2:36 PM John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 3:46 PM Charles Mills <charl...@mcn.org> wrote: > > > > > I am doing a favor for a friend who is writing a blog article on the > > above > > > subject, with an emphasis on the effect of the shrinking mainframe > > > personnel pool. (This is NOT some disguised headhunter pitch. Reply > > > to the list or > > to > > > me personally. I will take full responsibility for "sanitizing" your > > e-mail > > > address and so forth out of what I forward to my friend.) > > > > > > Does your employer allow mainframe sysprogs and developers to work > > > from home? > > > > > > > Yes. The application programmers, both of them, oftern work from home. > > The sysprogs generally don't. I'm a sysprog. If I were at home, I'd be > > too tempted to play games. > > > > > > > Any particular restrictions or qualifications? > > > > > > > Restriction: get the job done. > > > > > > > > > Have they changed their policies specifically to address the > > > shrinking mainframe personnel pool? > > > > > > > Yes. They have said that we will be eliminated as soon as possible. > > They've been saying this for over 6 years now with 2 failed attempts. > > We were just bought out by a multinational who has reiterated that the > > IBM z mainframes will be elimnated and the ;work moved to a software > package called Facets. > > They are also said that this cannot occur quickly because we have so > > many "customized" policies (health insurance) that Facets cannot > > handle the thousands of variations. So they are waiting until they can > > refuse renewal, convince the customer to change policies, or the > > customer dies (I am guessing this later, management would never say > > that.) > > > > > > > > > Roughly what percentage of your colleagues work from home? > > > > > > > Both programmers, about 50% of the time. 3 sysprogs, almost never > > because we need to be here to do "operations" duties -- like kicking > > the accursed > > 3494-B10 when it messes up (a fairly often thing, it being 13 years old). > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Charles > > > > > > > -- > > I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I > > go into the library and read a good book > > -- Groucho Marx > > > > Maranatha! <>< > > John McKown > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > ITschak Mugzach > *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Contiguous Monitoring > for Legacy **| * > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Contiguous Monitoring for Legacy **| * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
