I thought it was high time that I posted the resignation email I sent to my manager at my consulting gig last summer documented in my previous post. All names have been changed to protect the privacy of the innocent―as well as the guilty. Cheers. .... Dear Boss, I would like to thank you for … Continue reading A Proper Resignation Email
Week six at the new consulting gig has started and I’m trying to keep myself busy since the boss fails to give me anything to do. It is quite strange that the consultant has to keep asking for work considering the hourly rate that he is billing. Chilling and billing. As long as I’m sitting … Continue reading The Repressive Reign of the Rainbow
I know of no other movie that better captures the essence of the corporate cubicle life than the cult classic from 1999, Office Space. If you have not seen this gem of a movie yet, then you now have plans for the weekend. You can thank me later. I first saw Office Space in the … Continue reading Movie Review: Office Space
The List of Coworker Nicknames: Part II The Magician: Often seen in the company of The Wizard. An Indian IT stalwart. He could give you a technical explanation you could never hope to understand, but somehow he would make IT issues go away. A rare talent at the office since he solved more problems than … Continue reading The Importance of Giving Coworkers Nicknames: Part II
Background Have you ever had the embarrassing moment when that delinquent coworker you were in the middle of chewing out to your work pals just happens to pass by and overhear your rant? Or maybe this useless imbecile's one ally overhears your tirade and passes along the bullet points of your fury? I know a … Continue reading The Importance of Giving Coworkers Nicknames: Part I
I started my office work experience at the end of the last century, but it wasn't until 2013 that I first heard the absurd and profane greeting of "Happy Monday." Upon first hearing this from the mouth of some dim corporate flunky on another one of those bleak, miserable Mondays, I was utterly dumbfounded. It … Continue reading Happy Monday
It is difficult to think of an office activity that is more worthless than your typical, run-of-the-mill 30-60 minute meeting. It would take an entire auditing team from PwC to calculate the amount of hours I have wasted sitting in meetings during my 12 years in the corporate world. And let's not even get started … Continue reading Let’s Not Have a Meeting
The fresh college graduate entering the office world will be bombarded with a variety of strange expressions that he may have trouble understanding at first. Over time, however, our eager beaver's ears will begin to adjust and his speech will adopt some of this uniquely clichéd and stale lingo. It is only a matter of … Continue reading Introduction to Office Jargon
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