i see a red door and i want to paint it black
before i pass this book to a co-worker, i wanted to share some of my favorite parts of COMPANY by Max Barry. many of my book club homies didn't get it, but i sometimes wonder if this isn't how the majority of corporate america runs.....ironically, this first passage was read the week after our sales director left our company.
you don't get to be manager of a sales department by the cuteness of your nose. manager of marketing, yes; sales, no. in sales, you can't hide behind glossy brochures and manipulated reach figures. you either sell or you don't....
on the smokers... grrrr
as i'm sure you're aware, the average company loses 5.7 days per year for every employee who smokes, due to aditional breaks they take. it's illegal to discriminate against them, but companies that reduce smoking in their workforce will see a productivity increase.......
so my first idea is to reward nonsmokers with additional vacation time for not taking smoking breaks.....
on the creepy middle aged chubby guys
this is something that she cannot get used to: the sheer shamelessness of businessmen. holly doesn't want to be a bitch about it, but she doesn't understand why sagging, pot-bellied, out-of-shape assholes with overinflated sense of their own importance should think that they have a chance with her. except that's the whole problem: within the company they are important, or at least more important than her. so a creepy, wet-lipped manager in order processing is entitled to flirt with her.
posted by Connie Mia @ 2:39 PM
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