Notable Quotes - NOT! 4/20/08
Heh! Dilbertisms!
Methinks productivity is going to is going to experience a sharp downward trend for a while....
"As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday, and employees will receive their cards in two weeks." (This was the winning quote from Fred Dales, Microsoft Corp. in Redmond WA )
Judgement call? A a self imposed self-importance disease?
"This project is so important we can't let things that are more important interfere with it." (Advertising/Marketing manager, United Parcel Service)
In short - don't make the rest of us look stooopid...
"No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We've been working on it for months. Now go act busy for a few weeks and I'll let you know when it's time to tell them." (R&D supervisor, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing/3M Corp.)
"I" in "teamwork"?
Quote from the Boss: "Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say." (Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation)
A company that was dedicated to communications....notice the use of the word "was"....
"We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees." (Switching supervisor, AT&T Long Lines Division)
