http://www.bullshitjob.com Office bullshit, fun stories, pages, office quizzes and sounds Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.bullshitjob.com/2010/06/boss-boss/ http://www.bullshitjob.com/2010/06/boss-boss/#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:44:19 +0000 Cubed00d http://www.bullshitjob.com/?p=164 Dear BS Job, three months ago my boss told us that we would produce a draft without discussing the project requirements with the VP first, in our boss’ words to “show we’re innovative”. Then we’d share the project with upper management, “wow them” and “invite feedback”. [Ed: I love how 'feedback' basically means 'harsh criticism' these days.] We did so, delivered on-time no less, and it sat on the veep’s desk for nearly a month. A week before product launch, VP looks at our draft, tells us it’s all wrong, and we have to redo EVERYTHING! Of course the veep blames our boss and the boss blames us, even though we did everything we were told.

]]> http://www.bullshitjob.com/2010/06/boss-boss/feed/ 0 http://www.bullshitjob.com/2009/07/how-many-vps-does-it-take-to/ http://www.bullshitjob.com/2009/07/how-many-vps-does-it-take-to/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:48:40 +0000 Cubed00d http://www.bullshitjob.com/?p=106 I am pleased to announce that Todd [last name misspelled and later corrected by SVP] has been appointed to the newly created position of Vice President, Group Marketing and will report to me. The dynamics of consumer marketing and circulation will warrant us growing our business through new revenue streams and channels and this role will be instrumental in identifying and executing on these opportunities. [Ed. Bullshit in boldface for your convenience. Evidently the company needs so many VPs they can't even get their names straight.]

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