“It’d be nice if, just once, a VP got fired for a dumb project that failed. Sure, hanging would be better, but firing would do.”
“I didn’t read the executive summary you sent. Can you just put the idea in a few quick sentences and send it to me? Thanks.”
I don’t blame him for being a vapid, ambitious, jargon-spewing whore. This was obvious in the interview. I blame the person who hired him.
“Take a deep breath and remember that he’s an idiot with no real power.”
“Someday we’ll all look back on this and remember how the day was saved by a color status report.”
Does that Kings of Leon pigeon make housecalls? I can’t think of a more fitting way to end a meeting than shit going INTO someone’s mouth.
Your degree was in communications; is it too much to ask that you not send proposals to the client with misspellings and grammatical errors?
I hope after I retire I don’t come back to work only to end up 23rd in whatever it is I do for a living.
“Don’t worry, you don’t need to check in. We’re declaring you the Mayor of Wasila. Now is this brainstorm over? #foursquare”
“I hope after I retire I don’t come back to work only to end up 23rd in whatever it is I do for a living.”