This blog follows the article in Yahoo news dated 1st Sep 2009. It describes about the different kinds of people one can expect to find in an office environment and how the so called "master minds" get away. Below are some traits given by the News network followed by discussion
1. 'I'm disappointed in you' person
"Those sorts of people like to patronise people who are younger, like to lecture them and tell you you're doing it wrong. They actually do it for their own sake. They keep pesturing people on how to do work in their style.
2. The 'I'm actually really nice' person
The author says that this is one the most common office misfits, but also the most toxic.
"That's the person who sort of does something really nasty, like they'll send an email saying 'this person didn't' do their job' or 'this person took a can of Coke from the fridge' and they'll blind copy in all of senior management. Then in the next minute they'll organise a gluten free cake for this person," .
Only one suggestion if you happen to encounter people of this kind - "Bacchke rehna re baba, bachke rehna re, tujh pe khabar hai"3. The 'I'm just so sick, but I'm too important to go home' person.
"the world with stop, there will be tumbleweeds rolling down the office corridor, the office will shut down," if they call in sick.
"They pride themselves on their work ethic but they cut the workforce participation by 20 per cent each year by leaving soggy tissues and coughing all over you," he said.
This sort of person brings memories from the scene in Main Hoon Na where the Prof keeps spitting pools and pools of saliva while speaking a sentence.
4. 'I know stuff before you do' person
such people feed off misery, fear of job cuts, and love spreading bad news.
"They kind of love the idea that things aren't working out, they love problems. They definitely thrive on a bad situation; they love the fact that hey might know a little bite more than anyone else," he said.
5. The 'I, I ... I' person.
such people step in at the last minute to swoop in, and claim all the credit, leaving shocked co-workers in their wake. People who claim all the success and cleverly distance themselves from any failure.
In short, the person who says "I am the man, without me, everything is in vain"
6. 'Let's have a meeting before the meeting' person
The writer says that such persons thrive in big offices, where they can spend their days going to meetings instead of actually working.
Reminds me of my brief encounter in one of the project sites, where the conference room was constantly engaged and God knows whether the machinery and labour were fully utilized or not, but the particular assets called "Projector" & "Conference room" were fully utilized during the project which ultimately met its doom.
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