Mind Your Manners
I came in this morning, and my boss walked into my office and closed the door. Never a good sign. Especially bad sign when the Herald ran a front page story yesterday about the layoffs.Our VP saw "the list" and was "very surprised" by the names on it. Remember this is the VP who swore on his mother's honor that not one person would be cut from our department. The names themselves have not been revealed, merely that they were a surprise.
My boss then extended this advice, which came from the upper middle manager above him, but below the VP.
"We in this group should mind our Ps and Qs and do whatever we are asked by whomever asks. This is not the time to make waves, or enemies. The PR department is in full charge of the web. Do what they say and no back talk. Of course, this means that you can still point out to them mistakes in spelling or whatever. But..."
I've been watching Shogun for the past few nights. And all I can think of is the various daimyos telling Blackthorne that he'd better behave or else ... "Do you understand?"
Hai. I understand. I'm fucked in the ear with no oil. Or as the PR department is so fond of saying "It doesn't have to be done right, it only has to be done."
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Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 09/17 at 10:47 AM in What the Fuck is Wrong With You People
You’re doing something you like in a place you hate, which is now trying to make you smile and swallow at every turn. Web jobs may not grow on trees in your area, but how many signs foreshadowing your personal employment apocalypse are you going to ignore, before you do the right thing by yourself, and get your lazy self another gig?
A “do right” gig, mind you, leading to Better Things. You come off here as a mainly Smart Girl, so why not be just that, careerwise, and get some Satisfaction? Kevtching becomes no one.
BTW, love the New Shoes.