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In 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)

(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 12:48)
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I nominate myself.
In February next year, I will have worked for 25 years in the same industry.

I know FUCK ALL about what I'm doing.

I spend days at a time surfing the net, wondering if I should go and do something.

I go on many business trips, and achieve nothing. Sometimes I achieve something, then forget to do anything about it when I get back.

I am supposed to manage whole offices of people, but they know far more about what they're doing than I do, so I leave them alone, other than to go to the pub with them.

My desk is usually clean and tidy. That's becuase I have a large cupboard behind me where I put papers after they have been on my desk for more than a few days. Every 6 months I empty it out and shred everything.

The best bit - I don't work in a bank, so I have no excuse for this profound crapness.

Only 20 years to go and I can retire!
(username failed moderation, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 14:18, 8 replies)
thats what i do
and i earn a fortune doing it
(I helped save b3ta! zulu eh?, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 14:36, closed)
Make it 10 years
...and its a depressingly similar story for me

Do you, in not having to do much and having a familiar safe environment, earn far less than you could do because of your staggering lack of ambition and laziness?
(I helped save b3ta! bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 15:32, closed)
No, not really.
lol
(username failed moderation, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 16:01, closed)
I wish I was you
is there any work going at your place?
(Spyan in Swedish I am 'The Sick', Thu 6 Sep 2012, 17:03, closed)
Always.

(username failed moderation, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 8:54, closed)
You just described me perfectly though
Darn it!
(I helped save b3ta! Cloudane, Thu 6 Sep 2012, 21:54, closed)
Well, if you're a manager,
it really shouldn't matter if the people you're managing know more about what they're doing than you do. Your job is to manage - not necessarily to get your hands dirty.
(I helped save b3ta! Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 10:11, closed)
I always thought it was
something of a defining line - in general a good boss is one who could do the jobs of all the people he bosses.

It certainly doesn't hurt.

Or so I've heard.
(username failed moderation, Fri 7 Sep 2012, 16:19, closed)

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