Getting Layered at Work
No. 3: Be part of the hiring process.
Who knows better how to manage you than you' Add your name to the interview schedule and pepper the candidates with basic questions, such as 'Calculate Pi to the 300th decimal point' and 'What is the capital of Kyrgyzstan'' Questions like these should help the candidate decide whether they want to work at a growing company staffed with crazy people.
No. 4: Extend an olive branch.
You're instructed to use your first meeting 'to welcome them and express your enthusiasm for working together.'
If you can't generate sufficient enthusiasm, welcome your new boss with a colorful spike strip in their new parking space and a layer of festive super glue on the seat of their -- formerly your -- office chair.
Hey, if you can't extend an olive branch, a sprig of poison ivy will do.
No. 5: Stay connected with your old boss.
Schedule regular meetings with your old boss where you can reminisce about the wonderful days when the two of you worked closely together. Let them know how you look forward to those days returning when your new boss follows through on their plan to jump a layer and take your old boss's job.
Your old boss and your new boss won't approve of you saying this'
Tell them to get layered.
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Bob Goldman was an advertising executive at a Fortune 500 company. He offers a virtual shoulder to cry on at bob@bgplanning.com. To find out more about Bob Goldman and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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