The New, Bionic AOL > Bigger, stronger, -cough- faster

reply to oliphant5

Re: Bigger, stronger, -cough- faster

Why would an AT&T office have any AOL software on their machines...

They're glutton for punishment. They told their employees if they make their profit targets that they will get to remove the software.

most companies have aol on thier computers. employees (not employers) install it. Last company i worked for used aim to communicate throughout the office and people had aol installed all over by employees..... and this was at the noc level, it came in very handy if you wanted to see cnn or sports stuff and junk from work without having to pay that realpass crap.

on the otherhand, you'll be suprised how many executives with six figure salaries use aol at work.

reply to oliphant5
That’s just cruel and unusual punishment. I’m pretty sure something like that is in breach of the Geneva Convention, or count as some kind of War Crime.

reply to aztecnology
It wasn't installed in the office, it was on customer's machines. I think it was their first run at Internet access. I don't know why they used it, but I didn't stick around to find out either.

reply to cjynx

said by cjynx:

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I walked out of a job interview with AT&T when they used AOL for some reason. They said that the techs (job I was there for) would fix systems that had problems with AOL. I told them that EVERY system has problems with AOL. It's not the systems, it's the software. I told them that I couldn't handle the stress of dealing with AOL on a daily basis and that the job wasn't for me. Buh-bye.

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