"Well, I have worked with a lot of designers in my day and I am of the opinion that if you are confident in your abilities to meet my expectations then being paid at the end would be fine with you. Ultimately you are paid for the end result, right? I shouldn’t have to pay you for ‘making the effort’."
Thursday 11/19/2009
2:49pm (16 notes)
Unfortunately for me, this is exactly my boss’s way of thinking. “I reward results, not effort.” That style of management might work if I were on a football team, but what if it isn’t my fault the product doesn’t sell? I still get nothing?
Coincidentally my boss is an ex football coach. Imagine that……
(via clientsfromhell)
Quotes from my boss - Week 44: the same as every other week in the year.
Monday: I’ve been doing this for 30 years….
Tuesday: I’ve been managing people for 30 years….
Wednesday: Trust me, I know how people think around here. I’ve been doing this for 30 years.
Thursday: I can tell you this… I’ve been doing this for 30 years…
Friday: 30 years….
So what you are saying is, you make a lot of assumptions that you are right, just because you have been doing something for a very long time. Just because you have been doing something for a long time, doesn’t mean you did it right…
Wednesday 11/4/2009
11:49am (2 notes)
Boss: Does anyone know where our legal pads are?
Me: Down with all of the office supplies.
Boss: Would you mind getting me one? I need a legal pad.
Me: Here you go….
Boss: But this is legal sized….. I need letter sized…
Me: ……
Boss: You know… legal sized documents cause the paper flow to slow down by at least 20%. When I worked at Xerox, we tried to eliminate the legal sized………
Me: (omg I don’t care!!! just tell me you need a letter sized pad next fucking time!!)
Thursday 10/29/2009
10:50am (2 notes)
Lost Then Found
In a follow up to the previous post with the missing competitors labeling card: Sitting in a meeting in the bosses office, two weeks after being bitched at for not keeping things organized, a stack of papers (by the way, his office is littered with papers) falls from a shelf, and low and behold, there is the missing label card….
Wednesday 9/30/2009
1:02pm (1 note)
New office? Don't fucking think so...
Our graphic designer just left for another job. Her office is near the same size as mine, but here are the differences:
Her office is much quieter and farther away from the owner who yells all the time. Plus it has a nice big window.
My office is literally a closet with shelving and a desk. We are constantly, weekly for that matter, bringing crap into my office and either stacking it on the shelves or on the floor. I have crap all around me, literally. From my desk, if I lean forward in my chair, I can partially see out the front door which is 30 feet away. My boss constantly says “her office is so much smaller though, and you already have natural light with the front door.” Yeah, OK.
The thing is, the ex-employee’s office is literally only 8” wider, and 2’ longer. WTF??
"
Me: I’ll take the job with the pay you are offereing, but after I learn the software I need to learn, I want to be closer to the salary I am requesting.
Boss: Ok, I think we can work that out.
Me: Great! See you in a month
(a year later in my review)
Me: I thought we agreed you would bump my pay closer to what I was asking?
Boss: I don’t remember ever saying that
"
That’s convenient for you…
"Boss: Where is that competitor’s label card?
Me: I’m not sure
Boss: Well it was in my office but now I can’t find it
Me: …..
Boss: Why can’t we keep shit organized around here. I can never find anything."
Friday 9/4/2009
2:13pm (2 notes)
You had it last, but I’m the one to blame? I don’t get it…
"
(In a private, closed door meeting)
You guys understand that when I raise my voice I’m not yelling right? Because (whispering) the women are always complaining that I’m yelling. I tell you, you just can’t treat the women the same as men.
"
Thursday 9/3/2009
3:40pm (4 notes)
Dude, my jaw just hit the floor
"Hi “C”, how was your trip (speaking to HR lady)? (Then he sees our sales manager has returned to the office after a trip). Hi “B”, how was your trip, more importantly…"
Wow… he doesn’t even realize what he said
"Let me play Devil’s Advocate for a second."
Fine. But when you use that line 5 times in a day, every other day, it loses its meaning. Unless of course you actually are the Devil. Which might be true.
