03 August 2010

The Not-so-Corporate People

Different characters found in a Corporate Office. 


The 'Geeky' Boss - Travels by a second hand Toyota Corolla or a Honda Civic. Always keeps sweating because of some disease he developed due to the hectic worklife. Sports an old-school mustache and an evident ponch. Man of principles. Does not have a fancy qualification. Bows down to his spiritual guru's photo-frame as soon as he enters his cabin and whispers some mantras before switching on his computer. Keeps getting quarrelsome calls from his wife about their kids shitting on the bed or their dog boning neighbor's bitch. Usually seen exchanging intelligent talks inside the meeting room with the people of similar designations. 
      The 'Hardworking' Manager - Usually a south Indian Male (with oiled hair and french beard). Travels by public transportation. Wears fluorescent colored formals. Boss's favorite employee. Turns up at 9 in the morning (with financial times in his hand) and works till 10 in the night. Mostly seen alone during the lunch time eating home made veg food. His motto -"I earn, therefore i am" and "Work is Life". Carries a photograph of his 'wife and new born baby' in his wallet.
      The (Party animal) Management Trainee - A 'punk' summer intern. Never present at his desk. Doesn't give a rat's ass about what's happening in the organization. His only prize of slogging for a few weeks is the final work experience certificate. Mostly spotted gelling around with interns from other departments. His lunch break extends for more than 2 hours and is seen smoking every half an hour, simultaneously listening to some Grunge metal song on his ipod. Ends up at a local pub everyday after work. 

      The 'Laid-back' secretary - They are good looking and well dressed women belonging to a very unique race of human beings. Serious gossipers. Very much content with their lives. Usually seen in office cafeteria with the gang of other secretaries murmuring over the topic of office flings. They always have a very peculiar confused look on their faces. Reaches office at 9:30 sharp and leaves at dot 5:30. Most of the time busy sending lame-ass forwards to other employees creating a flood of mails thus jamming the outlook express. Eye candy to the middle aged male employees.
          The 'CEO' -  The highest paid employee of the company who is not responsible for what he does. Travel's a lot. Usually seen scribbling on his half a dozen blackberries. Gives a plastic smile if anybody greets him. Has a hot secretary who never returns calls. Keeps sending Pseudo-motivational mails marking everybody in the organization. Usual mode of transportation is a Mercedes Benz S-class or a BMW 7 series. 
            The Young Harvard MBA - Recent recruit. A wannabe Vice-President. Highly overpaid. Dresses better than the CEO. Proud of his Alma matter. Usually seen flirting around with the good looking women of the organization. Speaks in an accent unfathomable to most of the other employees. Goes out for lunch everyday to some fancy restaurant in the vicinity. Drinks 15 coffees a day. Mostly found grinning at his business phone after getting a message. Drives a mid-segment SUV. 
                The 'Rich and Hot' Junior Analyst - Ultra rich babe  who is completely  uninterested in work. Wears skimpiest of the clothes. Graduate of a B grade county college from U.K. or Australia. Her only intention to come to office is to pass the time and get paid for it.  A serious facebooker usually seen facebooking on her iphone. Keeps updating her status every few hours, something like "My boss is a demon" or "Thank god its Friday"...or "Left office at 7 pm today...too damn tired...don't feel like partying". The CEO is usually her dad's good friend. Sticks a small print-out of Jim Morrison or Brad Pitt on her desk. Gets naughty with Harvard grad over the afternoon coffee. Travels in a chauffeur driven Mercedes Benz C-class.
                  The 'Dissident' Employee - An Ex-happy-go-lucky employee who didn't get promoted. Acts out his unhappiness all the time. Travels by his own modified Mitsubishi Lancer. Holds a degree from a decent business school. Mostly sports a grumpy look on his face. Works only for money. Keeps cribbing  over other peoples' higher salaries. Undermines the efforts of 'Hardworking Manager' kind of people. Usually seen with other dissidents over a smoke, planning some conspiracy against the organization. Gets regular yelling from the boss. Subject to the 'Management and HR' jokes.

                  The 'Joyous' Office-boy -  Always carries a smile on his face. Holds S.S.C pass degree. Important part of the grapevine. Transfers vital piece of gossip from one employee to the others along with the usual documents. Calls every man 'Saab' and every women 'maidum'.

                  The 'Fried' Computer Technician - Usually an underpaid , over worked NIIT graduate. Over and above fixing the computer problems he is given opportunity to fix printers and photocopiers as well.