My Life in Office Space... Proven!
OK, so I've mentioned this before, even had a title of the same name a few times before. But this time you gotta agree that I really am in Office Space now.
About a month ago my direct boss got "let-go" because of money problems. He was making about a buck-twenty-five a year so it seemed like a good idea at the time for a company that was loosing money; even to him. However, a day later a woman who was his equal was promoted from VP to Associate Publisher. This new title basically made her second in command under the owner (and a big pay raise). Most of us were pissed because our beloved boss was canned for money reasons but this other woman was promoted.
Since that day they hired four more people for management positions while not replacing a few of the lower level people who left. I've been thinking about this for a few days now and realized something today. We are a company of (right now) exactly 20 people... With 10 people in management positions. That's right, HALF of our company is made up of supervisors. That's not all, they are looking to hire more!
Riddle me this, Batman:
What happens to a company of managers that has no one to manage?
About a month ago my direct boss got "let-go" because of money problems. He was making about a buck-twenty-five a year so it seemed like a good idea at the time for a company that was loosing money; even to him. However, a day later a woman who was his equal was promoted from VP to Associate Publisher. This new title basically made her second in command under the owner (and a big pay raise). Most of us were pissed because our beloved boss was canned for money reasons but this other woman was promoted.
Since that day they hired four more people for management positions while not replacing a few of the lower level people who left. I've been thinking about this for a few days now and realized something today. We are a company of (right now) exactly 20 people... With 10 people in management positions. That's right, HALF of our company is made up of supervisors. That's not all, they are looking to hire more!
Riddle me this, Batman:
What happens to a company of managers that has no one to manage?
posted by Mike | 12:54 PM
2 Comments:
You are all welcome to manage me until I leave at the end of July. After that... hm.
Do you realize the innuendo and implications of a comment like this? ;-)
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