Corporate America in the 90�s

1. You�ve sat at the same desk for 4 years and worked for three different companies.
2. Your company�s welcome sign is attached with Velcro.

3. Your resume is on a diskette in your pocket.

4. Your biggest loss from a system crash is that you lose your best jokes.

5. You sit in a cubicle smaller than your bedroom closet.

6. Salaries of the members on the Executive Board are higher than all the Third World countries� annual budgets combined.

7. You think lunch is just a meeting to which you drive.

8. It�s dark when you drive to and from work.

9. You see a good looking person and know it is a visitor.

10. Free food left over from meetings is your main staple.

11. Weekends are those days your spouse makes you stay home.

12. Being sick is defined as can�t walk or you�re in the hospital.

13. You�re already late on the assignment you just got.

14. You work 200 hours for the $100 bonus check and jubilantly say “Oh wow, thanks!”

15. Dilbert cartoons hang outside every cube.

16. Your boss’ favorite lines are “when you get a few minutes,” “in your spare time”, “when you’re freed up” and “I have an opportunity for you.”

17. Vacation is something you roll over to next year or a check you get every January.

18. Your relatives and family describe your job as “works with computers.”

19. The only reason you recognize your kids is because their pictures are hanging in your cube.

20. You read this entire list and understood it.

Berkeley’s Laws: (1) The

Berkeley’s Laws: (1) The world is more complicated than most of our theories make it out to be. (2) Ignorance is no excuse. (3) Never decide to buy something while listening to the salesman. (4) Most problems have either many answers or no answer. Only a few problems have a single answer. (5) Most general statements are false, including this one. (6) An exception – test a rule; it never proves it. (7) The moment you have worked out an answer, start checking it; it probably isn’t right. (8) If there is an opportunity to make a mistake, sooner or later the mistake will be made. (9) Check the answer you have worked out once more – before you tell anybody. – Edmund C. Berkeley