Like many bright-eyed new hire flunkies, the Politician joined the Shitshow because he thought it would be a great opportunity. And like many college new hires, the Politician quickly established himself as a complete moron.
The Politian’s first self direct initiative was figuring out how to reduce cost at the Shitshow. He figured this was an excellent project to utilize his freshly minted west coast overpriced degree.
Many nights and weekends were spent by the Politician on this pet project of his. After a month of hard work the Politian had his initial findings. He figured out how the Shitshow could cut the cost of its namesake product by 90%! When he shared the findings with me, I asked if he realized the raw materials made up 30% of the cost, he said “yes, but that’s because we don’t mine and produce the raw material ourselves.” I then pointed out that most of the contracts were cost plus, so if he did find away to cut cost by 90% he’d also cut the profits by 90%, he just looked at me with a puzzled look on his face.
The next two months, the Politician tried to share his plan with any flunktional manager that would listen to him. He was dumbfounded why no one would take him seriously. As ridiculous a failure as it was, it served as a realization. He would need to hatch another plan to float to the top so he looked into the fast track program for new and inspiring Shitshow leaders…
Because the Politician’s story gets even more ridiculous, I throw rocks.
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