The Wanderer

" I hear you. " - "Shut up!"  " I hear you loud and clear ." - "Shut the fuck up!"  " We will assess staffing. " - "I don't know who the fuck will do this shit."  " WE should make the following changes... " - "I just said WE but I don't want to hurt your feelings. YOU should make the following changes." " You lack thought leadership " - you are just as dumb as I am.  " Think out of the box " - This is exactly the shit I had come up with. Give me something new." " You should know how to manage your time "- I need this work completed by today at any cost " The client liked the creative but they'd like to explore a few more options " - "The client liked the creative but they can't believe that you managed to crack it in your first attempt so they'd like 10 more options only to select this one because that would make them feel like ...

Six years ago on this day I had joined Evalueserve.  Six years ago on this day Lehman Brothers had filed for bankruptcy. All we joked about was how, when the news spread, someone in FS group had pinged our COO (intending to ping his namesake) "B*****d sutta maarne chal!"  So much has changed and so much hasn't. It is a Monday again.  Some amazing people, some not so much. Some awesome days, some not so much. A love-hate relationship :)