So the boss that went away for a long time is back, and news is: he’s resigning, and the boss in between me and he is also going. Essentially, this means that my colleague and I will be manning the big summer dealie by ourselves. We have at least 5 minutes experience in the area. At least. It all means lots of gossiping from mid-floor staff and upstairs and downstairs types, that don’t communicate, and it’s easy to see the groupings emerging.
World Of Academia: the rankings
1) Office monkeys - admin grades such as myself
2) Middle management, friends with the lackeys - less the Brents of scorn, more the local-boys-made-good: managers who still want to be buddies with the workforce.
3) Middle management, head in the stars - still middle managers, but resenting it and assuming a position of much higher authority.
4) Directors - bloodthirsty, paranoid types, as far as I can see.
5) Outsiders - in this case, high-ranking academics that meddle, meddle some more, cause more work for the monkeys, and take home a whopping cheque.
Yours,
Disgruntled of N22
me likes the rankings. i think i currently fit in category 1 as well. here’s hoping for category 5, tho!