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{{a|devil|}}The ''reductio ad absurdam'' — sorry, my mistake: I mean ''logical conclusion'' — of [[middle management]]’s generational headlong stampede towards [[outsourcing]] all those messy externalities that are a by-product of needing | {{a|devil|}}The ''reductio ad absurdam'' — sorry, my mistake: I mean ''logical conclusion'' — of [[middle management]]’s generational headlong stampede towards [[outsourcing]] all those messy externalities that are a by-product of needing human beings to carry out your business objectives. | ||
There was a time where employment in the professions afforded status in society, and one had the accoutrements to match: an office with a mahogany desk, an Elephant’s foot umbrella stand in the corner, a minute secretary, an executive model Dictaphone, and so on. | There was a time where employment in the professions afforded status in society, and one had the accoutrements to match: an office with a mahogany desk, an Elephant’s foot umbrella stand in the corner, a minute secretary, an executive model Dictaphone, and so on. |