Monthly Archives: August 2018

That sinking feeling is your career

Posted on August 29, 2018 by employee85763

Your career is in park.  You know the corporate rules of engagement so you may nail a few more promotions based on self promotion, key colleagues blowing up, and other colleagues blowing out. Soon your career momentum will run out.  You can see that day now.  In … Continue reading →

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You say synergy, I say bonus

Posted on August 23, 2018 by employee85763

Today you synergized* 600 people out of their livelihood. You will be known as the great savior for your division, at least for this review period. They will say “you made the hard choice.” In practice you made some slides … Continue reading →

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Indifference is an acquired skill

Posted on August 14, 2018 by employee85763

You survived the blast.  The corporate fallout will kill you eventually so consider today a death deferred. This day you saw a colleague meltdown and then blow up all over the conference room. Spittle flew, her laptop screen cracked, a white … Continue reading →

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A game you won’t win

Posted on August 8, 2018 by employee85763

You thought by now you would have some amount of security; financial, spiritual, emotional… at this point an anchor along any dimension would have been a relief.  Unfortunately you have just been adding more zeros to both sides of the … Continue reading →

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You fail well

Posted on August 3, 2018 by employee85763

You said “negative success” today during your project status meeting.  Clowns wear suits now. Over budget – check Missed deadline – check Failed to deliver required scope – check Sounds like the trifecta of failure no matter what business you … Continue reading →

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