Bosses are always Bad

Jim I can’t believe I am stuck in this project. I am giving it all the intellectual contribution any human can possibly give, yet I feel like I am the only one who cares about fixing the sinking ship. This is awful. While I tug at the various strings to tune up my project my boss seems to be only interested in cutting them without taking a glimpse at the problem. Can matters get any worse? 

Grace But, you are not as unlucky as I am. My boss is only interested in improving her relations with people. By people I don’t mean just colleagues, but the whole lot of people including cab drivers. You should look at her display of pity for the cab drivers. Any human being in his position would do anything to appease and get the hell out. 

Jim Don’t be so sure! My boss doesn’t go to the extent of praising cab drivers, but that may be because you don’t see too many females in that profession. My boss is a spider at the middle of his web, and we, his subjects are like his prey who will not be allowed to build their own webs. And this is because he is too lazy to get up if the centre of the web is made to shift by path breaking work. 

Grace But don’t even talk about contribution to work. While my boss will help me, or so she pretends to, she will not be able to give me any input to further my work, or the work of my colleagues. These poor people are on their own, like headless chickens. 

Jim But you will have to accept that the system here is too leaky yet we ignore the reality and want everything to be perfect. First, there are few really good people who can independently contribute without being pushed by their bosses. Then, there is the question of qualified support staff and the general happiness of people who work under the stressful conditions, and all this without taking into account a certain level of incompetency on the part of the boss. 

Grace But what about those people who have ideas and the capability to fulfill them? Don’t you think they get disenchanted and discouraged by the callousness of ignorant bosses? The ship can be leaky, but it doesn’t have to be stranded in the middle of the sea if the captain is good! 

Jim Ho, ho, ho! I think we have made our point and released our frustration. Let sleeping dogs lie. I hope to not see the day when we will be at the receiving end of such conscientious commenting. 

Dwaipayan Adhya
Location: Cambridge, UK

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