Worst Person for the JobIn a week where it emerges that the new Health Secretary is a fan of the hocus-pocus that is homeopathy, tell us about people who are spectacularly out of their depth in a job. Have you ever found yourself wallowing in your own incompetence? Tell us. (Note: "Name of football manager/politician - nuff said" does not constitute an answer)
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 12:48)
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Marketing department - a Bill Hicks momentI worked for 12 years in the R&D department of an engineering company. In theory, Marketing would identify a need in the marketplace, then tell us about it so we could develop a solution.
After a few years, it became apparent that their actual function was to wear brash suits, take long drunken lunches and compare cars. I realised that I had, in fact, never seen a single input from them; it was left to us to decide what to develop.
One day I was faced with a choice, which made little difference to me but would significantly change the way the user used the product. So, I fired off an email to the marketing department to see if they had an opinion on the best choice.
Having received no reply, I made the choice and got on with it. I did eventually get a reply - some months later, on the day AFTER the product was launched...
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AlmostBut I escaped that fate by working with someone who really did look just like him
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