[Stop the Poisons] HOW ABOUT A GOOD LAUGH? FTC CHAIR GOES TO PROCTOR & GAMBLE

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FTC Chair abandons ship for ..Proctor &

Gamble?!

 

 

Posted by: " fiasfolks "

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Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:21 am (PDT)

 

from: multinationalmonitor.org

FTC Chair to go to Proctor & Gamble

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Deborah Platt Majoras, is leaving her job. She's going to become vice president and general counsel for Procter & Gamble (P & G).

Should it raise eyebrows for the head of the leading U.S. consumer protection agency to leave and take a job with the largest consumer products company?

Not in Washington, D.C.

Asked about the propriety of the move, FTC spokesperson Nancy Judy explains that Majoras will need to abide by a year-long " cooling

off " period. She'll never be able to represent P & G before the

Commission on matters on which she worked while at the FTC. And once she announced that she would be taking a job with P & G, she removed herself from any matters that might affect the company.

Shira Mintz, who is the assistant general counsel for ethics at the FTC, says that Majoras is " extremely conscientious " about

ethical matters, and that everything she has done is above board...

entire article: http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog/index.php?/archives/76

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HowAt 06:37 PM 3/31/08, you wrote:

FTC Chair abandons ship for

...Proctor & Gamble?!

Posted by: " fiasfolks " Ijamsville97

fiasfolks

Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:21 am (PDT)

from: multinationalmonitor.org

FTC Chair to go to Proctor & Gamble

The chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Deborah Platt

Majoras, is leaving her job. She's going to become vice president and

 

general counsel for Procter & Gamble (P & G).

Should it raise eyebrows for the head of the leading U.S. consumer

protection agency to leave and take a job with the largest consumer

products company?

Not in Washington, D.C.

Asked about the propriety of the move, FTC spokesperson Nancy Judy

explains that Majoras will need to abide by a year-long " cooling

off "

period. She'll never be able to represent P & G before the Commission

 

on matters on which she worked while at the FTC. And once she

announced that she would be taking a job with P & G, she removed

herself from any matters that might affect the company.

Shira Mintz, who is the assistant general counsel for ethics at the

FTC, says that Majoras is " extremely conscientious " about

ethical

matters, and that everything she has done is above board...

entire article:

http://www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog/index.php?/archives/76

-How-Things-Work-FTC-Chair-to-Join-Procter-Gamble.html#extended

 

 

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At 07:57 PM 3/31/2008, you wrote:

I don't understand why this is such a surprise to people. It's common for

someone to have worked in the upper levels of government to get a job in

whatever field they were. Let's face it, if you had a company, wouldn't

you want the most qualified and knowledgeable person? It also happens the

other way around - Someone from private industry may get a job in gov't

in the same field he or she was working. It's just common sense. Those

people bring a specific knowledge to the company - or the government.

Plus, there are all these contacts they have in the same

field..........And, believe it or not, most of them are pretty ethical

about what knowledge they pass on.

Lynn

 

 

FTC Chair abandons ship for ..Proctor &

Gamble?!

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I want out of my "field of expertise" but every time I apply somewhere for a lesser type of job I get the same response... I am over qualified.

Not everybody wants to do what they do, I want out but can't seem to get out.

 

Kenneth T

 

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Lynn Ward

Monday, March 31, 2008 8:57 PM

Re: Re: [stop the Poisons] HOW ABOUT A GOOD LAUGH? FTC CHAIR GOES TO PROCTOR & GAMBLE

At 07:57 PM 3/31/2008, you wrote:I don't understand why this is such a surprise to people. It's common for someone to have worked in the upper levels of government to get a job in whatever field they were. Let's face it, if you had a company, wouldn't you want the most qualified and knowledgeable person? It also happens the other way around - Someone from private industry may get a job in gov't in the same field he or she was working. It's just common sense. Those people bring a specific knowledge to the company - or the government. Plus, there are all these contacts they have in the same field..........And, believe it or not, most of them are pretty ethical about what knowledge they pass on. Lynn

 

 

 

FTC Chair abandons ship for ..Proctor & Gamble?!

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At 09:28 PM 3/31/2008, you wrote:

Sad thing - often one is either too qualified, or not qualified

enough.....A lot of companies want someone with experience, but only want

to pay entry level salaries.....Don't recall what you do, or where you

live, but depending on your filed of expertise, have seen a number of

previously upper-level people hire themselves out as consultants. I've

known some who made a lot of money that way.

Just got a post from someone who is in the process of changing fields -

she's at a good age, 37. Still young enough where a total change of

career isn't too difficult, and not so old that people wouldn't want to

hire her. I've changed careers a couple of times. A couple of times it

was by happenstance, the other times on purpose. It's been several years

since I've actually had a paying job - mostly due to my health. Am in the

process now, though, of redoing my resume, and sticking a couple of

feelers out there for something I can do part-time, preferably at home.

Or, piece meal, as it works with some things.

One of the difficult things in changing careers, is the salaries often

offered are entry-level, which are too low for some. The other thing, is

sometimes, one needs to get educated in some fashion in whatever

field they want to change to. It seems, now-a-days, expertise and

experience isn't always enough. They want a degree as well. When HD and I

met, I was working as a " consultant " for a very large company.

I was a network administrator and sort of all-around computer person. I

had temped in that company, and guess I impressed them enough to offer me

a job. But, I suspect, had I just come in off the street, so to speak, I

may have had a difficult time, as I neither went to school for IT stuff,

nor had any training in it. I was, am totally self taught. In fact, it

was my first, actual job in the field. Previously, I had sort of

inherited a job doing some stuff with a main frame, but that was self

taught as well - fortunately, it was at night, so when, at first, it took

me way longer than it should have (I'm talking 8 hours to do a 3 hour

job!), there wasn't anyone to see how long it actually took me. All they

cared about was the end result. Didn't take me long, though, to get what

I needed to do down pat.

The other thing that can be difficult when one wants to change fields, is

whether or not there are jobs to be had where you live, in the field you

want. It's silly, but I always thought people in certain fields, like IT,

would be able to get a job pretty much anywhere. I've now realized, that

isn't the case. Same with a number of other fields.

Mind my asking what you do? And, what you'd like to do?

Lynn

 

I want out of my " field of

expertise " but every time I apply somewhere for a lesser type of job

I get the same response... I am over qualified.

Not everybody wants to do what they do, I want out but can't seem to get

out.

 

Kenneth T

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

Lynn Ward

To:

 

Monday, March 31, 2008 8:57 PM

Re: Re: [stop the Poisons] HOW

ABOUT A GOOD LAUGH? FTC CHAIR GOES TO PROCTOR & GAMBLE

At 07:57 PM 3/31/2008, you wrote:

I don't understand why this is such a surprise to people. It's common

for someone to have worked in the upper levels of government to get a job

in whatever field they were. Let's face it, if you had a company,

wouldn't you want the most qualified and knowledgeable person? It also

happens the other way around - Someone from private industry may get a

job in gov't in the same field he or she was working. It's just common

sense. Those people bring a specific knowledge to the company - or the

government. Plus, there are all these contacts they have in the same

field..........And, believe it or not, most of them are pretty ethical

about what knowledge they pass on.