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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1360531" data-attributes="member: 1246">Tips for Managers&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp; Never give me work in the morning.&nbsp; Always wait until 4:00pm and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing.&nbsp;2.&nbsp; If it&#039;s really a &quot;rush job&quot;, run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it&#039;s going. That helps. Or even better, hover behind me, advising me at every keystroke. &nbsp;3.&nbsp; Always leave without telling anyone where you&#039;re going.&nbsp; It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are. &nbsp;4.&nbsp; Wait until my yearly review and THEN tell me what my goals SHOULD have been. Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase.&nbsp; I&#039;m not here for the money anyway. &nbsp;5. If you give me more than one job to do, don&#039;t tell me which is the priority.&nbsp; I like being a psychic. &nbsp;6.&nbsp; Do your best to keep me late.&nbsp; I adore this office and really have nowhere to go or anything to do.&nbsp; I have no life beyond work. &nbsp;7.&nbsp; If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret.&nbsp; If that gets out, it could mean a promotion. &nbsp;8.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t like my work, tell everyone.&nbsp; I like my name to be popular in conversations. I was born to be whipped. &nbsp;9.&nbsp; If you have special instructions for a job, don&#039;t write them down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done.&nbsp; No use confusing me with useful information.&nbsp;10. Never introduce me to the people you&#039;re with.&nbsp; I have no right to know anything.&nbsp; In the corporate food chain, I am plankton.&nbsp; When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them. &nbsp;11.&nbsp; Tell me all your little problems.&nbsp; No one else has any and it&#039;s nice to know someone is less fortunate.&nbsp; I especially like the story about having to pay so much taxes on the bonus check you received for being such a good manager.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1360531, member: 1246"] [B]Tips for Managers[/B] [B]1. Never give me work in the morning. Always wait until 4:00pm and then bring it to me. The challenge of a deadline is refreshing. 2. If it's really a "rush job", run in and interrupt me every 10 minutes to inquire how it's going. That helps. Or even better, hover behind me, advising me at every keystroke. [/B] [B]3. Always leave without telling anyone where you're going. It gives me a chance to be creative when someone asks where you are. [/B] [B]4. Wait until my yearly review and THEN tell me what my goals SHOULD have been. Give me a mediocre performance rating with a cost of living increase. I'm not here for the money anyway. [/B] [B]5. If you give me more than one job to do, don't tell me which is the priority. I like being a psychic. [/B] [B]6. Do your best to keep me late. I adore this office and really have nowhere to go or anything to do. I have no life beyond work. [/B] [B]7. If a job I do pleases you, keep it a secret. If that gets out, it could mean a promotion. [/B] [B]8. If you don't like my work, tell everyone. I like my name to be popular in conversations. I was born to be whipped. [/B] [B]9. If you have special instructions for a job, don't write them down. In fact, save them until the job is almost done. No use confusing me with useful information.[/B] [B]10. Never introduce me to the people you're with. I have no right to know anything. In the corporate food chain, I am plankton. When you refer to them later, my shrewd deductions will identify them. [/B] [B]11. Tell me all your little problems. No one else has any and it's nice to know someone is less fortunate. I especially like the story about having to pay so much taxes on the bonus check you received for being such a good manager.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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