{"id":4055,"date":"2015-02-28T13:37:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T11:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joke-archives.com\/?p=4055"},"modified":"2015-02-28T13:37:14","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T11:37:14","slug":"brown-nose-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joke-archives.com\/?p=4055","title":{"rendered":"Brown Nose Required"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are invited for the position of Departmental Brown Nose.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position Description:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is common practice in the computing industry for senior members of staff to have their planning strategies subject to positive evaluation. This is commonly referred to outside the industry as &#8216;being sucked up to&#8217;.  This practice is typically performed by a person of low or irrelevant technical standing wishing to distinguish themselves by their presence and input at meetings for which they have a minimal or no understanding.  Complimenting and Agreeing with senior staff and their poorly thought-out plans is the typical implementation of this position.  The position is typically advertised under a job-pseudonym and regraded without notification by other members of staff, usually at a departmental social function to which the applicant is not invited.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p>Position Requirements<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants are to be familiar with the following phrases:\n<ul>\n<li>Really?  That&#8217;s a great idea!<\/li>\n<li>Oh, I agree wholeheartedly!<\/li>\n<li>That&#8217;s such a good plan, it&#8217;s surprising that no-one thought of it before!<\/li>\n<li>You know, without you this place would fall apart!<\/li>\n<li>Of course, he&#8217;s bound to say that because he&#8217;s not as aware of the full ramifications of the problem as we are.<\/li>\n<li>Is this far enough up?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Applicants should have relevant experience in:\n<ul>\n<li>Work Avoidance<\/li>\n<li>Evading Real Issues<\/li>\n<li>Vocalizing the word &#8220;Yes&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Applicants should NOT possess any of the following:\n<ul>\n<li>Social Skills<\/li>\n<li>Technical Competence, except in remembering irrelevant facts<\/li>\n<li>Conscience<\/li>\n<li>The sense God gave the common doormat<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Applicants MUST possess the following:\n<ul>\n<li>A &#8220;gushy&#8221; affirmative manner\n<li>The &#8220;Chameleon Factor&#8221; &#8212; the ability to assume the characteristics and mannerisms of senior staff\n<li>An immunity to RSI of the jaw and ear (due to the large amount of talking and listening in place of working and producing)\n<li>A diehard loyal attitude which cannot be swayed, except by other senior staff, absence of senior staff, public opinion, office-bribery, an unfavorable comment at the office party, an invite to the office party or invite to clean up after an office party.\n<li>Exceptionally high morals which will not be swayed except by public opinion, office-bribery, senior staff, office party comments &#038; invites or the possibility of getting their photo or name in some technical journal.<br \/>\nHoming skills allowing the applicant to orbit senior staff and thereby avoid the unlikely event of having to produce work output.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>A working knowledge of Anal Interfacing would be beneficial.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Position Future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The future of the position is similar in an least one respect to the senior staff member reported to, in that it is &#8216;open-ended&#8217;. It is dependent entirely upon performance, but a successful applicant might expect salary increases for no appreciable performance improvement, several extra important-sounding position titles, and business cards to reflect the multitude of managerial positions that they will assume.<\/p>\n<p>The salary scale is expected to be within the range of ludicrously-overpaid to how-do-they-get-away-with-this?<\/p>\n<p>Applications should be made on the toilet paper assigned and be accompanied by the applicants CV (which should detail only the applicants name and address) and a 2 page essay on why this advertisement was exceptionally well written and how we appoint such exceptional personel officers.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright (c) <a href=\"http:\/\/bofh.ntk.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Simon Travaglia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Applications are invited for the position of Departmental Brown Nose. 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