Tag Archives: workplace

Multitasking

Here’s a new definition of “multitasking“: Multiple people working on the same task. Now you know why there’s widespread unemployment.

I wonder…

Who would want to have “Dyeing Manager” printed on his/her business cards? Technorati Tags: job title Dyeing Manager business card

随时都可以用

昨天早上去人事部找人事部经理谈离职细节顺便拿员工离职通知书，经理因手下没有备份，需要打印，责备道：怎么不多打印几份，好随时可以用。我在旁边听了，几乎晕过去。。。

These are actual quotes taken from US Federal government employees’ performance evaluations: 1. “Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig.” 2. “I would not allow this employee to breed.” 3. “This employee is really not so much of a ‘has-been’, but more of a definite ‘won’t be’.”… Read More: Performance evaluations »

Terms of retrenchment

workforce optimisationstandard delayeringrestructuringre-engineeringresource rationalisationdownsizingvoluntary separation Why don’t companies call a spade a spade and just say that they are laying off people, rather than attach fancy labels to such exercises? Related posts:A new kind of retrenchmentHow the ax falls, Filipino-styleTop 10 buzzwords in 2009