Job Descriptions & What They Really Mean



Working Employee"GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS" -- Management communicates, you listen, figure out what they want and do it.

"FLEX -TIME" -- You work any hours they want.

"APPLY IN PERSON" -- If you're old, fat or ugly you'll be told the position has been filled.

"CAREER-MINDED" -- Female applicants must be childless (and remain that way).

"SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED" -- Some time each night and some time each weekend.

"COMPETITIVE SALARY" -- We remain competitive by paying less than our competitors.

"REQUIRES TEAM LEADERSHIP SKILLS" -- You'll have the responsibilities of a manager, without the pay or respect.

"MUST BE DEADLINE-ORIENTED" -- You'll be six months behind schedule on your first day.

"JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY" -- We have no time to train you.

"MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL" -- We have no quality control.

"JOB SECURITY" -- You will be monitored on closed circuit TV in the restroom and work line.

"DEDICATION TO YOUR JOB" -- Be available to report to your job four hours early with only one hour or less notice, especially if it takes you an hour or more to travel there.

"MULTI-TASKING SKILLS A MUST" -- You will be required to work on more than one project at all given times.

"OPEN-DOOR Policy" -- You are free to discuss any problems or concerns you might have as long as I (management) don't have to actually get off my big butt and do something about it.

"YOU WILL ENJOY EXCELLENT BENEFITS" -- But you won't get them until 6 months after hire date.

"RAPID ADVANCEMENT" -- They can't keep anybody with their pay rates.

"SEEKING MOTIVATED, ENERGETIC INDIVIDUALS" -- You'll be doing all the jobs no one else wants to do.

"CHALLENGING WORK FOR CREATIVE INDIVIDUALS" -- Expect impossible jobs without proper equipment or materials with impossible deadlines and unrealistic expectations of results from management.

"ON THE JOB TRAINING" -- We immediately put you to work doing something you have never done before and get angry when you screw up.

"BA, MA, MSW, Ph.D. REQUIRED" -- This doesn't mean your qualified, means you're trainable.

"MUST BE TEAM ORIENTED" -- We will let you think your opinion matters, but management's ideas will be the only ones considered.

"TEAM CONCEPT" -- We are the owners, so we can move your jobs to any country that will provide cheaper players and stadium to exploit them in.

"BOTTOMS UP STYLE OF MANAGEMENT" -- You will start on the bottom, you will end up on the bottom.

"SEEKING CANDIDATES WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF EXPERIENCE" -- You'll need it to replace three people who just left.

"DUTIES WILL VARY" -- Anyone in the office can boss you around.

"PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS A MUST" -- You're walking into a company in perpetual chaos.

"GROUND FLOOR POSITION" -- Minimum 60 hours a week and minimum wage.

"CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT" -- There are health and safety hazards everywhere.

"CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE" -- We don't pay enough to expect that you'll dress up; well, a couple of the really daring guys wear earrings.

"WE'VE RE-ENGINEERED YOUR POSITION" -- Adios, to you, and the horse you rode in on.


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