Useless Managers
Right now I am sitting in a Microsoft Project training session. Yes, Miami, this is your tax money hard at work. I came in at 8:30 this morning and was told to come here. Why? Well, because it seems that my division director, who we'll call Tweedle Dee, and his lackee assistant (Tweedle Dumb) are useless. They attended this very same training on Monday and were completely lost, so I have been sent in to learn the program for them.
Let's go through the first 4 hours of this training in a nutshell:
Trainer: "Now, class, how do you save your project?? You go to 'file' and click on 'save as'. How do you open a new project? Click on the icon with the little disk.."
How does one become a deputy director for an entire division and not know what a hard drive is? Or, how to save a document?? The fact that this poor shmo has to come train us on ridiculous stuff like how to open a new document is hysterical! My boss is a man with a Master's Degree, mind you. And, he's not the only one! That's the more pathetic part! There are 2 of us in here for the same reason, cuz our bosses are useless.
I understand the fact that you are qualified for this job because you've been doing it for 400 years, but at least try to learn new things! Shouldn't a manager want to update their skills? Why would you want your employees to know more than you??
I should just be the boss. I rule.
Let's go through the first 4 hours of this training in a nutshell:
Trainer: "Now, class, how do you save your project?? You go to 'file' and click on 'save as'. How do you open a new project? Click on the icon with the little disk.."
How does one become a deputy director for an entire division and not know what a hard drive is? Or, how to save a document?? The fact that this poor shmo has to come train us on ridiculous stuff like how to open a new document is hysterical! My boss is a man with a Master's Degree, mind you. And, he's not the only one! That's the more pathetic part! There are 2 of us in here for the same reason, cuz our bosses are useless.
I understand the fact that you are qualified for this job because you've been doing it for 400 years, but at least try to learn new things! Shouldn't a manager want to update their skills? Why would you want your employees to know more than you??
I should just be the boss. I rule.
posted by gotbrains? at 1:05 PM
4 Comments:
The really crazy thing is that the ones even higher up in the totem pole have much, much less experience here. It's so skewed in this place. It just goes to show you that if you know the right people, you can do anything, regardless of skill, experience, or even intelligence.
On a lighter note...
"Are they made of real Girl Scouts"?
Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain... :o)
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