Screaming Monkeys

There's a good saying out there that 'success has many founders'. So true.

I can't help to notice that when something is going well and it creates a buzz, all the monkeys come out of the woodwork and start making noise. It's primal alright.

When things flounder, all the monkeys hide, dissassociate, and duck for cover, until the alpha monkeys show up and start throwing shit.

Yeah, and for all you cynics who think I'm full of crap, I AM THE JANE GOODALL OF CUBELAND!

Rise of the Politician

Doesn't it seem like the 'politician' is taking over the management ranks of the business world? When did the last truly competent and qualified corporateslavemonkey that you know, make a key move up in any large organization?

Not enough advances of this type are being made, because the rules of the game no longer equate to connections, caliber, competence, and desire alone.

In general, we seem to be evolving to a model of business where the political 'playas' are the only types who are unscrupulous enough and slick enough to play a winning hand. So as we move to a low-value, high-drain management model, how long until it breaks?

Cubical Mating Patterns

Situation:

Large room full of 150 engineers and programmers, aged 30 to 60.

Disposition predominantly male

New intern (hot 25 year old female) arrives in cubical farm

Observation:

New Interns cube is constantly surrounded by males

Alpha male has claimed rights to New Intern's cube

Beta males congregate in small groups observing Alpha male

Conclusion:

This shit is totally like Nova

CorporateSlaveMonkey is alive and well

Origin of Species

CorporateSlaveMonkey

CorporateSlaveMonkeys occur in the corporate landscape either by choice, by accident, or by natural selection. The purpose of this blog is to provide insights to the daily habits, downfalls, and triumphs of this strange species that happens to inhabit the ubiquitous cubical farms, airplanes, hotels, and board rooms throughout North America.

Think 'Nova' meets 'Office Space' meets 'Consultant'' and your magical journey has begun.

Throwing Shit

When recanting the events of the prior week as corporate slave monkey, a good friend of mine made a great analogy to the bullshit games of corporate america. Its really not unlike monkeys at a zoo throwing feces at each other when you see the average middle manager games being played in the corporate heirarchy.

EIEIEEIEEIEIIE! I'm packing my bag of shit for next week!