“Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?” – Snow White Have you ever worked for a moron? Thief? Leech? Welcome to the club. If your company is dead there was a stinker somewhere, maybe even a full-blown level 5 toxic environment. Here’s the Seven Dwarfs Standard, developed when I [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Humor'
Job counteroffer? Why not?
April 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Finding a job, Humor
Dear Sirs: Thank you for your recent job offer. You’ll enjoy my direct, no-nonsense approach to my work beginning right now. My experience with my previous employer’s collapse compels me to ask a few quick questions about your business to qualify your offer. 1. Is your accounting department encouraged to be “creative?” 2. Have you [...]
Tags:finding a job·funny·money
Gossip Zappers
April 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Coping, Humor, Losing a job
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” Oscar Wilde In case you weren’t sure, the neighbors are buzzing about you. Your company is gone and they know it. While you’d like to pretend nothing happened to you, face it. Your job is gone. The neighbors want to know what [...]
Tags:Coping·dignity·Losing a job
Instructions For The Newly Unemployed
February 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Humor
Was your company failure unjust? Did you get the shaft? Too bad. Hop off your pity pot and get something to do. These suggestions are economical and will help you detox from the adrenaline of your high-powered past. Watch birds while everyone else is at work. Helicopters and falling leaves count as birds in a [...]
