Murphy's Law's of workforce Management ...as compiled by workers ----------------------------------------------------------------- A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the pants Don't be irreplaceable, if you can't be replaced you can't be promoted The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get. Never ask two questions in a business letter, The reply will discuss the one you are least interested in, and say nothing about the other. When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves. If at first you don't succeed, try again, Then quit, No use being a damn fool about it. Pretend as if theren't any beer cans rolling on the floor, when the boss asks for a ride home from the office. Keep your boss's boss off your boss's back. Never delay the ending of a meeting or the begining of a cocktail hour. To err is human, to forgive is in-human ...as per company policy. Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing. Important letters that contain no errors will develop errors in the mail ...e[lectronic]-world :( The last person that quit or was fired will be one held responsible for everything that goes wrong until the next person quits or is fired. There is never enough time to do it right the first time, but there is always enough time to claim over time. The more pretentious a corporate name, the smaller the organization.(For instance, The Murphy Center for Codification of Human and Organizational Law, contrasted to what may termed as BiG companies(eg:GE,IBM) If you are good, you will be assigned all the work, If you are really good, you will get out of it. You are always doing something marginal when the boss drops by your desk. People are always available for work in the past tense. If it wasn't for the last minute nothing would get done. At work, the power or authority of a person is inversely proportional to the number of pens[colors] the person's desk is portraying. When you don't know what to do, walk fast and look worried ...preferably crash into some-one. You will always get the greatest recognition for the job you least like. Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. Understand the principle's of democracy to better manage[survive] a company