Another short story...
A few years ago I was a trainer for a contract security company. I was selected for a promotion to a Junior manager position. All managers had to take a couple of tests. One was intelligence and the other personality.
I handed my test to my manager a few minutes before my time was up. He asked, "what's wrong?" "Nothing, I'm done." "Are you sure? No one ever finishes that test." "Well, I did." "I hope you did okay."
A few days later he calls me back into his office. "Corporate wants you to take the test again, with me watching." "Why, what's wrong?" "They called bullshit. You scored higher than our senior VP's." "Okay, bring it on."
So I took it again and of course got the promotion.
Six months later, I quit. Citing too much work for too little pay.
What's the point?
Absolutely nothing.
A few years ago I was a trainer for a contract security company. I was selected for a promotion to a Junior manager position. All managers had to take a couple of tests. One was intelligence and the other personality.
I handed my test to my manager a few minutes before my time was up. He asked, "what's wrong?" "Nothing, I'm done." "Are you sure? No one ever finishes that test." "Well, I did." "I hope you did okay."
A few days later he calls me back into his office. "Corporate wants you to take the test again, with me watching." "Why, what's wrong?" "They called bullshit. You scored higher than our senior VP's." "Okay, bring it on."
So I took it again and of course got the promotion.
Six months later, I quit. Citing too much work for too little pay.
What's the point?
Absolutely nothing.
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