the office foodchain

[DeathByTheSword]

i started working somewhere in administation. needed money so fine. it is a easy job but very boring but the people i work with are very cool. the only problem is the person directly above is is the biggest **** i have ever met. constantly *****ing and whining to me to do this and that (which i shouldnt even be doing). well anyways they saw my potential and they moved me up the foodchain. well not really i am taking over a job of someone that is on pregancy leave. but they will not take a replacement for my simple job. so I have 2 jobs now. the new job is much more fun and interesting...and because of how the company works with my new job i have now practically the boss of the guy that was first boss....but in the mean time i still do the boring job and there he is my boss...it is a very strange situation...so what to do?

[Tattila the Hun]

What would Dilbert do?




(Ask Dogbert for advice, and get ridiculed. Basically, you are substituting 'Poly for Dogbert, so expect ridicule. )

[General Ludd]

fire everyone beneath you before. (including yourself)

[DeathByTheSword]

ridicule i can take...

the problem is that i cant fire him i am sort of a quality control and his department is one of the worse...(i know i did the administration there so i found out the problems) so i can be very strict

[Urban Ranger]

Depends on whether you want to make his life misrable or not...

[Japher]

wait for Ming to tell you how to exploit your old boss' weakness and successfully take his position from him at exactly the same time whatsherface comes back from maternity leave... and so you know, around here, many of the girls who go on maternity never come back.

[chequita guevara]

I'd fire your old boss and promote yourself to his positon.

[rah]

Document Document Document any quality issues. Just state facts without any personal observations. Make them as routine as possible. The larger a crap pile gets, the harder it is to ignore the smell.

[Pyrodrew]

With your new position eliminate your old position. Then create several new positions with fancy titles, like Administrator Admiral and Chief Executive Futurologist, which you re-hire yourself with at an increased pay and other perks. Then sell any of these new positions you don't want anymore on EBay for an additional profit. Finally, hold weekly meetings here on Apolyton discussing crucial questions like "Should we try to retailor this company on a Communist philosophy?" and "How would Jesus sell this?"

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by rah
Document Document Document any quality issues. Just state facts without any personal observations. Make them as routine as possible. The larger a crap pile gets, the harder it is to ignore the smell.

Oooohh, yessss. As a temp boss, you cannot fire your old boss, but as his current supervisor, you should be observing the quality of his work, and documenting it. Then let the guillotine blades fall where they may.

[DeathByTheSword]

tnx for all the ideas...well next monday (i hate meeting ons monday) i have a meeting where i have to represent my finding of quality in certain area's per department...and his is again the worse...i am thinking about putting in a sly comment about this...or just make graphs with best departments on top and the worse on the bottom and make the letters of the departments names really big...or i just might do nothing

[Last Conformist]

Screw him.

[curtsibling]

Literally?

[DeathByTheSword]

not so in for office romances right now...except maybe that nice girl in accounting

[curtsibling]

When I worked in an office, I just grabbed the money and
did not even talk to most of the androids that worked there.

I cannot stand office squares and their meaningless lives.



(present company excluded, of course!)