The New Boss

I just finished watching the last episode of The Office titled The New Boss and as every corporate worker knows, the office has some truth to how companies work.  In this episode Michael Scott gets a new boss that oversees what he has to do and he can no longer talk to corporate, his new boss is the “liaison” betweeen the two.  Michael was denied his fifteen year anniversary and direct calling with corporate.  Michael then decides to go to corporate and complain that he has been there for fifteen years and that’s all he gets, a boss that does not respect him.  Corporate says that he can have a party and Michael shook their hand and said I Quit. This provides valuable insight, Michael did not care about his anniversary party, he cared about having his position challenged and feeling betrayed by the company he has worked for.

This happens to every worker after a while, a new person is brought in above you as a manager, director, whatever.  The boss above them will tell you that you have the same role, but you do not.  Your role has been challenged and you are now in a lower position.  Same responsibilities but they have become the mediator with a higher salary.  Your “new boss” has become the head of your department quickly.  This irates the people with seniority unless the person is highly capable but most of the time they are not.  Employees at a lower position have to teach them the basics and it all sucks.

I congratulate Michael for having to courage to quit his company, he left after realizing that he means pretty much nothing to the company.  He has dedicated 15 years of his life to Dunder Mifflin just to get a new boss and corporate not understanding why he quit.

Creating Services with No Credit

Here is one thing that I think everyone can relate to, creating a new service that spurns a department but you do not get any credit for it.

What is up with that, seriously, if the company is making money off of your idea and you do not see a dime, what are you supposed to do?  The company claims this idea but this just makes the workers with ideas less likely to share anything.  Many of the olders companies want workers that are an assembly line, to dumb to say anything and easily replaceable.

This is not the way companies should work, they need to compensate their workers for their ideas if they make money off of them.  Companies claim that they had the idea but most people will disagree.  I am on the side of the worker here and if they do not want to say anything, leave them alone.

There is one good thing about this though, many “corporately abused” individuals who start their own company will have more respect for their workers.  They can choose who they want, understand what skills the person has and identify with them.  This is how great corporations are built.

Focus of this blog

Hello Everyone,

This blog will be focused on the office life of a worker stuck in a cubicle (aka me).  There will be an occasional comic about how work sucks and how it’s enjoyable.  I’ll be writing about office politics, rants, power plays and the occasional I have no clue what is going at work.  Since this is the first entry and it’s being made on a Sunday night, I am going to leave you with a video of office space.  Enjoy and I will write more about work later this week.

Thanks,

Stuck in a Cubicle