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Reminds me of one of my old bosses: "The beatings will continue until morale improves!"
Posted by GarandFan | March 12, 2010 11:46 PM
Posted on March 12, 2010 23:46
OMG! I could right volumes on this cartoon and subject. GF said one of "everbody's" favorite lines. I think I'll stay out of this one. But will say "Shit runs down hill through people who are often clueless as to what's going on"!
Posted by Cowboy | March 12, 2010 11:52 PM
Posted on March 12, 2010 23:52
Must be a manager... big weapon, little brain.
Posted by Dr. Bob | March 13, 2010 12:32 AM
Posted on March 13, 2010 00:32
The thing that gets me about most "office humor" cartoons (Dilbert is a prime example) is that there's generally only ONE "PHB" (which I guess would be "Pointy-hatted boss" in this volume).
Every corporate gig I've had there wasn't was just one "PHB"--there was a minimum of 3 (in one instance there were 5), each with different objectives--which resulted in each of them telling me an entirely different way to do my job. (I think the biggest reason for this is that if one ever promises you a reward, a raise, or a perk, the others are there for "majority rules plausible deniability").
I even had multiple interviews with one company where each officer going up the chain (to the CEO) gave me an entirely different description of what my job would entail. I thought I was being tested to see if I was a "yes man" & spoke up to show that I wasn't. I was wrong.
Even when I worked for "sole proprietors", there was usually somebody slinking around giving "whisper" orders (usually a "money guy" who was backing an incompetent son or wife, or a "money gal" who was backing an incompetent husband), & they could be just as bad.
I'd have illustrated 3 henchmen on the cover simultaneously trying to smash a piñata--& every time they missed they dealt a blow to either the company or each other. We already know what happens when they hit us.
Posted by Terwiliger | March 13, 2010 2:13 AM
Posted on March 13, 2010 02:13
Good points, T. G's quote reminds me of the Despair.com demotivators, which you might try your hand at, John (and sort of already do).
e.g. "If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon."
Posted by Kevin[0] | March 13, 2010 1:05 PM
Posted on March 13, 2010 13:05
As I've heard it said in business, "Beware the enthusiastic incompetent" (like the ones in the present administration).
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