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Promotion Bullshit
Please help me in extending congratulations to [Name], he has just been promoted to Senior Web Developer. [Name] has helped us on many of our past projects and done a superb job. Now that we are expanding the team, [Name] is being promoted to a position of leadership amongst his peers. As an additional reward, [Name] will be receiving a laptop from the company.
[Ed: You thank this poor guy by giving him a laptop so he take his work home at night and put in even more hours for your company? Some reward. I'd rather stay 'Junior'.]
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Hiring Bullshit:
Please welcome [Name], our Creative Services Implementation Coordinator! He will be heading up or Design Team on the new [Client] project. [Name] comes to us from [Company Name], the female online sports clothing retailer.
[Ed: Four word title? Wow. Isn't that prominent 'female online sports clothing retailer' out of business?]
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Buyout Bullshit:
As of Monday, [Company Name] is now a fully-ownded subsidiary of [Company 2]. We are pleased and proud to be party of the [Company 2] team! As you might expect, in the near future, we will have some administrative changes and benefits changes, as well as a review of procedure and organizational matters. Next Thursday during the lunchhour, we are having a voluntary (but highly reccomended) 'brown bag' meeting to answer questions and discuss events of this week. Please attend!
[Ed: What, no pizza? Business meeting during the lunch hour? Maybe they sold to the wrong company.]
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Manager's Corner aka. Piled Higher and Deeper Meeting Tip: Never make decisions in staff meetings. If someone proposes a change in strategy, simply say "Let's not decide anything today." Make notes and consider the ideas of your employees later. Take the course of action that will best preserve your status in the heirarchy. If the idea involves increased resources for your department, formulate a proposal on your own and take credit for it in a one-on-one with your VP. Ignore all other ideas.
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