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(1). An overcrowded, battleship-gray building in an office park outside of Dubuque where you forced all of your ops guys to move to a couple of years ago.
“Don’t worry, Sam. You’re going to love the new location. It’s got all the amenities you could ask for – a Sunglass Hut, Macaroni Grill, and I heard they might be building a Walgreens, like, less than a mile away. A real high value site for us!”
(1). What your boss says right after your comp discussion and right before he drives home in his Maserati.
“So, there it is, Jim. I’m sorry we couldn’t do more for you this year, but my hands are tied. Something, something … down year … something, something … we all have to share the pain … something, somethi … hey, what’re you doing with that letter opener?”
(1). To split your people into departments in order to operate more efficiently…and to get the weirdos on your staff as far away from clients as possible.
“I think we’re big enough now that we should consider silo-ing off some special functions. Hey Sam, how would you like to run the new Copying and Printing Department?”
