Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Pulling your weight

There's been some change at work recently, and a number of us got promoted to what is essentially a middle manager level. Meaning that we get slightly larger salaries, the opportunity to participate in larger decisions that affect the group and well, manage. This is all well and good except for one person who we'll call "Menowanna." As in Menowanna manage anyone, and Menowanna leave my comfort zone. Oh yeah, and Menowanna get anyone else to help with my projects.

So how does Menowanna spend quality time at work? Well among other things, apparently spending days making what I assume must be gold-encrusted and bejeweled screenshots. Oh, and making copies of ancient applications, because that's easier than doing it right.

What kills me is that everyone else seems to just let this happen. There are days when I feel like everyone else is saying "Menowanna offend Menowanna." Like it's okay to have one person handling a major client alone. And it's okay to just let that person slide on the duties that everyone else in the office is taking on. Not fucking cool, man.

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