Wednesday, August 11, 2010
It's not work, it's war.
Friday, February 27, 2009
An Idea can change your life
I really am tired of that HR lady. If it wasn't for the time I got drunk at the office party and made out with her, I would have fired her already. But I can't. Apparently she knows a very good sexual harassment lawyer.
Bitch.
Hey, now that I think about it again, she might even have tricked me.
Maybe I should sue her for sexual harassment.
As the last guy I fired used to say, What an idea Sirjee.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
What we really mean
To help the millions of you hanging by every word I say, let me give you a hand in deciphering what HR says and what it actually means.
(1) Good communication Skills
The candidate should be an expert at bluffing, have the presence of mind to blame others for his own errors and be able to give his boss a good verbal/metaphorical blow job.
(2) Good computer skills
The candidate should be able to send and receive emails the whole day long.
(3) Willing to work in shifts
The candidate should be willing to work exclusively in night shifts. Also, if and when required, work for 36 hours at a stretch, without any sleep whatsoever.
(4) Possess ability to multi-task
The candidate should be able to balance doing his own work as well as doing his boss's personal & professional errands ALL before the boss goes home. This is a minimum qualification.
(5) Good presentation skills
The candidate should posses the ability to say all the same things over and over again using a different set of words and a different set of power point slides. Knowing sites with free clip art images is an added plus.
(6) Reimbursement Policy among the best in the Industry
We'll be damned if the actual salary is anywhere close to what we dangle in front of you before you sign the joining papers.
(7) Provision of Cab facility
We pick up and drop our employees from their homes like they used to pick up and drop prisoners in Nazi Germany. In fact, they were pussies compared to us.
(8) We provide our employees with Medical Coverage
Our medical room is stocked with Aspirin and Paracetamol. Heart attack? Walk it off.
(9) Well stocked pantry
Want to eat something non-biodegradable and pay shitloads of money for it? Come eat in our canteen.
(10) The candidate should be self-motivated
The candidate should have enough self-confidence so that he is not driven to kill himself after he is told that he is "a no good scumbag with no talent whatsoever" by his boss on a daily basis.
(11) Should be a team player
The candidate should let his boss take credit for all his good work and should let himself be blamed when the shit hits the fan.
(12) Should practice Corporate Social Responsibility
The candidate is expected to donate to the company's
(13) The candidate will be given time to adjust in his new role
The candidate will only be promoted when hell freezes over or when pigs fly.
(14) Six Sigma or equivalent certified
The candidate should be able to eschew such fancy-schmancy words like six sigma and other stuff that can be stolen from Jack Welch's book.
(15) Willing to take on other responsibilities
The candidate should be willing to spend his free time (a) delivering the boss's dry-cleaning, (b) chauffeur-ring the boss's family around town and (c) bringing the boss's coffee everyday.
I hope this has been helpful to all you candidates out there. This should not leave any ambiguity.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
A raise is out of the question
In the afternoon today, one of my employee came to ask me for a raise. He told me that his wife needs an eye operation soon because his new child was born with some medical disorder. Using my infinite wisdom I told him to get his child admitted to the hospital and then leave it there. No harm no foul. But the fool started to threaten me. I called security first and while security was dragging him out, I told him that he was fired and that he can forget his salary for this month. He immediately turned to mush and begged me for my forgiveness. He said that right now he cannot afford to be jobless even for a day. Being the forgiving person I am, I hired him back with a 15% cut in salary. Also, for the next three weekends he would be coming to my house to do some odd jobs for me like mow my lawn and clean my toilet(s). Of course I have a full-time gardener and two servants to take care of all this, but I need to teach him a lesson. Watching him cry while he cleans my jaccuzi is something I'm going to enjoy immensely. Poor basted. I would've helped him. However, the insurance money that had been given to me to dispense to my team, I have already spent on my ex-girl friend's boob job. Hey, now that I think about it, this gives me an idea. I can make this guy sign papers which will say that the money was used for his wife's eye surgery. And of course he'll sign the papers. He wants his job, na. I knew this blogging thing was a good idea. As they say, to the victor belong the spoils.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Interviews, Delegation and other stories
I mean if you have an actual vision and ideas, I'm sorry, we don't want you. To me, the perfect fit would be people who are so incapable that no other company would give them a job. One never puts the right person in the right job. You always put an extremely unqualified person for a job. It keeps him indebted to you and the fucker never tries to cross the boss. And if he does, I always have enough proof against him (remember that email you sent which made the client withdraw the project? I have it on multiple files). Also, then you can get them to do stuff like pick up your dry cleaning or take your girlfriend to the abortion clinic. Little things that you can't make time for.
And you may ask, what about the work? Who does the work? Well, that is what subordinates are for. The key to a successful organization is delegation. All the work for the top tier and middle management is handled by our lower management and the frontline. Why else would they need to put in extra hours?
Eg: I had one frontline exec make a beautiful presentation to present to our prospective clients. The poor frontline guy was up all night along with his brother (who had to miss his board exam the next day because of my presentation .... chuckle chuckle) making the presentation, while I was extremely busy errr .... window shopping for a new car and getting a err..ummm... medical massage.
Of course, he won't get paid extra. The poor basted thinks that this will get him extra credit in my mind. Truthfully, I would never promote him. He DOES all the work. Plus he has integrity. Always a no-no. I mean he has never taken credit for someone else's work, never blamed anyone for his screwups, always puts company before self and he has never even taken a day off for any flimsy personal reason and has never ever kissed my ass. He's just not management material. If I promote him, he'll have my job in a year's time.
Sadly, I'll have to have his manager frustrate the hell out of him so that he gets demoralized and leaves on his own. Works out for everybody. That's what they call a win-win situation.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Good Riddance ....
I don't understand why people blame me. All I did was make him stay back for a few hours. So what if he was getting married? So what if 500 to 600 people were kept waiting? Work comes first, remember. In my day, we had a saying, work is worship. That guy just sent a mail to HR and left. And to think I almost was about to congratulate him. I might have even given him a half-day off tomorrow.
Hrmph. Good riddance to bad rubbish. His loss i say. His loss.
Anways, to see the silver lining in the dark cloud, as I am such a positive person, he left near appraisal time. So that means more money for me. What a chump!! I guess good things happen to good people.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Out of the box thinking
So the millions of you would be wondering how a successful boss like me would handle appraisals. Let me tell you how the best in the business does it.
See, first thing to remember is too use a few fancy phrases like, Out of the box, Outside the normal workflow, Out of pocket, Pro-active thinking, Self-starter, Value-adder etc. etc.
The beauty of using these phrases is that most people don’t know what they mean and rather than asking or doing a search on Google, they just pretend they know what it means. And they can be used both in negative and positive ways. And if you really want to have some fun, keep making them up as you go along. Like Zero-based thinking, Information-retainer, Value-add leader, Einstein of the project, Playing hide and seek with success …. Stuff like that.
And when you hit people with phrases, it takes them time to hit you back with a proper question or answer and you can move on to the next point while they are thinking of a good question/reply.
I hope this demystifying session has been helpful in removing the sandgrains from your brain. (See what I did here, man I’m so good at this shit!!).