You know you are working for a Fortune 500 company when …
- Your boss’s boss sleeps in meetings
- Your coworker surfts blogs and forums all day
- You are requested to fill out the same form for two different departments even though you boss knows the other department has a copy.
- Your boss seems to be on holidays more than at work.
- Your coworker takes naps at works.
Consultants dictionary
| Re-phase the project | The project will not meet its schedule, it will be delayed. |
| Initiative | Project is a bad word usually requiring money and resources, we will use extra capacity of internal resources to do a project |
| Issue has surfaced | Problem or bug has been discovered in your computer program |
Management Styles
| Keep to the “law” | Problem or bug has been discovered in your computer program |
| Don’t have time | I either have a lot on my plate or I am not interested. I will just do the easiest solution even if that means negative repercussions later on. |
| In it for the money | I have a budget and will personally gain more if I don’t spend it. Rather than using the budget for two personnel in my department I will keep those spots empty force the rest to work insane hours and get a bonus for saving money this year. |
| In it for the power | Some people just like being their own deity who can boss people around. |