Damn.
I was hoping they’d only discover that I was irreplaceable after they’d given me the boot. Clearly the boss is more cunning than hitherto suspected. Still, I figure if I am to be made complicit in engineering my own redundancy, then I can at least have a little fun with it.
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I like your work.
On the subject of skills transfer, I was once a bit naughty.
There was an annoyingly know-it-all interrupter in the English language class I taught in Poland. He knew better than his native English speaking teacher – despite getting his knowledge from a load of Russian textbooks.
So – to reward his advanced knowledge, and to shut him up – I provided him with a list of English colloquial expressions – the sort of thing only an advanced student like he knew he was could appreciate.
Hence:
As round as a Spaniard.
As happy as a cupboard. etc
Kept me amused anyway.
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Good story. I am as happy as cupboard
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take your time on the training. isn’t that software due for a major upgrade within the next 2-3 years? or is it any day now?
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Oh, it’s definitely going to take a while. The software that really needs an upgrade is the brain I am trying to imprint the knowledge on.
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Exactly what I do in my job
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Do you charge extra for wax and polish, or is that included in the service?
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Get the “trainee” to do the crane kick! Over. And over.
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I wonder if I can convince the company to hire Elisabeth Shue as my assistant?
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Rule No 1 when training your replacement ……..
Take the number of years it’s taken you to learn the job and leave out the equivalent number of vital pieces of information.
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I thought we weren’t supposed to talk about that.
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Prisoners working in Nazi armament factories sabotaged components by pissing on them.
Just an idea….
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But an interesting one from a semantic point of view: my minions would be both pissed off and pissed on at the same time.
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I am taking my skills to the grave with me… However, I doubt whether “work avoidance behavior” can really be deemed a transferable skill.
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I’m afraid I have bad news on that front – it spreads via the internet.
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You must train them, train them in subversion!
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I’m going to start small and begin with subtraction.
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I used to have a boss whose idea of motivation was continually telling us that no-one was irreplacable.
With a happy irony, when the axe did fall, someone with a sense of humour decided that middle management was too flabby and he was one whoe got the boot.
Oh how we laugh-ed. For a whole week before they came for us too.
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Then they came for middle management and I didn’t speak up because I was too busy laughing…
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I’ve been down this very same road. I had to train people from Chennai, India, to do some of the tasks I did. How do you suppose THAT felt?! The writing was on the wall.
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Same here – the company motto above the main entrance: Abandon all hope ye who enter!
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Wax on, wax off.
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Daniel had the smoothest legs in the school.
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HAHAHAHA!
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Found you via the mighty Beaver in the Northern Boosh… ek like! 😀 Arnie says it for me – I’ll be back… ek sê!
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Hasta la vista, baby!
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Wow. That’s cold. Sabatoge is the only viable answer.
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I’ll take “Snarky French words” for $200, Alex.
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Good plan. While you’re at it, I would miss-file critical bits of information then find it just before it’s too late – looking like an office hero!
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Office Hero – coming soon to PlayStation, XBox and Wii!
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