The biggest problem I see for the modern American office is the disorganized office structure and an almost voluntary ignorance of useful office technology. There are times where I am cross directed to 10 different people looking for even the simplest of information regarding a certain process, and still none of these people know it. It would be incredibly easy to find this information if the internal software and intranet were not built for Windows 95 (and still, entire departments running on XP (this is a fortune 500 company, too). It’s ridiculous how much time and money is wasted because older workers refuse to change, so many workers are incredibly ineffective at their jobs, and managers are more content wasting time micromanaging than actually providing an effective infrastructure for their subordinates.
Companies want people who have accomplished something. Most grads, while getting decent/good grades, didn’t accomplish anything extraordinary in college beyond days spent hungover. Compounded with the lack of new entry-level positions, this makes employment hard.
I’m not saying you went through college drunk and stupid, but remember those losers in the chem lab at 11:00 p.m on a Saturday night? Yeah, they’re published in a scientific journal, employed, and are probably loaded.
Q: I’ve been chronically grabbing love-handles while black out drunk. I love the extra weight all my peers are putting on. What the fuck is wrong with me?
“…and EVERY person finds themselves fighting for alone time in the bathroom so their anuses may rid them of their sins.” – I think that will be the case for all parties involved in this story. 😉
Thank you for writing a column about budding careers that sounded like it wasn’t written by either A) a high school counselor with way too much enthusiasm, or B) a jaded art history major.
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Let’s not try to boil the ocean here.
Proactive approach.
With that being said…
Commitment to Excellence.
The biggest problem I see for the modern American office is the disorganized office structure and an almost voluntary ignorance of useful office technology. There are times where I am cross directed to 10 different people looking for even the simplest of information regarding a certain process, and still none of these people know it. It would be incredibly easy to find this information if the internal software and intranet were not built for Windows 95 (and still, entire departments running on XP (this is a fortune 500 company, too). It’s ridiculous how much time and money is wasted because older workers refuse to change, so many workers are incredibly ineffective at their jobs, and managers are more content wasting time micromanaging than actually providing an effective infrastructure for their subordinates.
YOLO
Call me a hater, but I’m pretty sure Android holds almost twice the market share of iPhone.
Secondly, GroupMe and Skype.
I would kill for a happy hour like this. Probably Betty.
Companies want people who have accomplished something. Most grads, while getting decent/good grades, didn’t accomplish anything extraordinary in college beyond days spent hungover. Compounded with the lack of new entry-level positions, this makes employment hard.
I’m not saying you went through college drunk and stupid, but remember those losers in the chem lab at 11:00 p.m on a Saturday night? Yeah, they’re published in a scientific journal, employed, and are probably loaded.
If people don’t give a shit, why do they complain?
I always loved telling my girlfriends they were just like their mothers.
I can’t stand people who do this. Is it so unbelievable that maybe I was just trying to be nice?
Mother having “the talk” with you after you spend the night in jail; and no, I don’t mean the sex talk.
Q: I’ve been chronically grabbing love-handles while black out drunk. I love the extra weight all my peers are putting on. What the fuck is wrong with me?
Neat.
“…and EVERY person finds themselves fighting for alone time in the bathroom so their anuses may rid them of their sins.” – I think that will be the case for all parties involved in this story. 😉
If words could describe how much I hate dinner parties with couples, those words would be, “fuck dinner parties.”
Solid post. Very few people can pull off coming down more than 2 or 3 times a year without everyone hating you.
Thank you for writing a column about budding careers that sounded like it wasn’t written by either A) a high school counselor with way too much enthusiasm, or B) a jaded art history major.
Perfect description for “The girl some guy is trying to impress.”
The only place all that romanticism and idealism gets you is a 99%er protest camp.