Re: Apollo 13 - blows corporate "team building" back to the stone age
this sort of scenario happens more often than not, especially in small startup companies where 'crunch time' actually means what it says on the tin...
It's the semi-bloated mid-level company trying to be what they used to be when they were small that have the useless 'team building' exercises on the advice of overpaid consultants and newly hired HR managers.
The REALLY good thing about really small companies: They rarely have a budget for an HR department. If they're not using an HR service to process payroll and benefits, so much the better!!! If they hire contractors (even through an agency) to avoid all that, BEST OF ALL!
And now that you have a small team of highly qualified individuals, and some kind of crisis to overcome, you'll generally get "that kind" of teamwork.
(because, at a large company, you can afford to hire people who would mostly be 'dead weight' in a small one)
Oh, and a nice thumbs up for the rest.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
