a guide to corporate protocol

[maoscorpio]

• Having the letters CEO after your name enables you to shout things into thin air and have them be done.


• The key to being a good supervisor is not providing your assistant with clear instructions. Good supervisors will expect their assistants to develop telepathic skills.


• The other key to being a good supervisor is blaming your assistant for

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[epenthesis]

The term "CC the world" refers to the practice of sending an e-mail to one person while carbon-copying every single important person at the office as well; this practice can be used when the author feels like being a squealer, making life difficult for a co-worker, or just plain being passive-aggressive.

If I don't do this for certain people (those in charge of shipping/receiving, purchasing, and HR), I'm pretty sure my messages go straight into the trash. Everyone's aware of this issue and yet no one gets fired.

But then, I'm not in corporate America. I'm in higher education.

[maoscorpio]

there are some advantages to "CC-ing the world," but more often than not, around here, it becomes a way of alerting EVERYONE to another person's failure or negligence.

[kbot79]

Excellent guide!

I didn't realize you were also an Assistant. Fun times, eh? In fact, I feel a post coming on...