The Superfluous Position
Make sure every title has a necessary and definable role.
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He was an editor. That’s how it started. I worked at a small multimedia company that publishes tourism guides. Six months after I started, this editor was given a new role: creative manager of content. No one knew what this job meant–or what he would be required to do. But we all knew he thought he was better than us, more creative than us. His new job, he thought, was to teach us to be more creative.
Bad bosses in history (and film) Bernie Ebbers, Chairman of WorldCom. Claim to fame: Mississippi motel-chain owner turned telecom tycoon . Claim to infamy: $11 billion accounting slip-up; conspiracy; fraud . Current status: Inmate #56022-054, Oakdale Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale, Louisiana Genghis Khan, Emperor of the Mongols . Claim to fame: United nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia . Claim to infamy: Conducted reign of terror . Current status: Unmarked grave, Asia Bill Lumbergh, Division VP, Initech(in 1999’s Office Space) . Claim to fame: Immaculate TPS reports . Claim to infamy: Fostered soul-crushing corporate culture . Current status: Inside the warped genius mind of Mike Judge |
He was an editor. That’s how it started. I worked at a small multimedia company that publishes tourism guides. Six months after I started, this editor was given a new role: creative manager of content. No one knew what this job meant–or what he would be required to do. But we all knew he thought he was better than us, more creative than us. His new job, he thought, was to teach us to be more creative.
Bad bosses in history (and film) Bernie Ebbers, Chairman of WorldCom. Claim to fame: Mississippi motel-chain owner turned telecom tycoon . Claim to infamy: $11 billion accounting slip-up; conspiracy; fraud . Current status: Inmate #56022-054, Oakdale Federal Correctional Institution, Oakdale, Louisiana Genghis Khan, Emperor of the Mongols . Claim to fame: United nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia . Claim to infamy: Conducted reign of terror . Current status: Unmarked grave, Asia Bill Lumbergh, Division VP, Initech(in 1999’s Office Space) . Claim to fame: Immaculate TPS reports . Claim to infamy: Fostered soul-crushing corporate culture . Current status: Inside the warped genius mind of Mike Judge |
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