Companies reward inefficiency
Do you ever feel like you’re being punished for someone else’s incompetence? Picture these scenarios:
- Your colleague is slow. He never gets anything done on time. When the boss needs someone to handle an urgent rush job, who gets assigned to the work? You.
- Your colleague is inept. His work is constantly riddled with errors. When the boss needs someone to handle an important high-priority project, who gets assigned to the work? You.
- Your colleague is often ‘missing in action’. He’s frequently late for work and tends to call in sick at least once a month. When the boss looks around for someone to handle the problem that has just cropped up, who gets assigned to the work? You.
- Your colleague is clueless. Briefing him is a nightmare because he never understands the system or the concept. When the boss needs someone to handle a complex matter, who gets assigned to the work? You.
Looks like inefficiency and incompetence has its own rewards, eh?
On the upside, you’ll reap the boss’s favour and will probably move up quicker within the company, while your colleague will remain in the boss’s bad books. 
And the #1 downfall of all this, Malaysian bosses don’t really care of who’s doing it as long they get it done. If they don’t, the bosses breath on your neck until you get it done. If you are a one-leg-kicking person in a department, end up you’d be look as an incompetent person by the boss.
Well, some things work in strange ways. That I have to hand it to in a given scenario.
Cheers.
Comment by dannyFoo — June 29, 2005 @ 7:06 am
god, i wish that’s so. but then… who gets promoted? the master *ss-kisser… who happens to be your slow, inept, m.i.a. & clueless colleague. -sigh-
Comment by zyrin — June 29, 2005 @ 10:36 am
Danny: I agree, the boss generally doesn’t care who’s doing it as long as it gets done. My work is killing me…
Zyrin: Oh, in my case, my slow, inept, MIA & clueless colleague is equally clueless when it comes to ass-kissing skills.
Comment by Scribbler — June 29, 2005 @ 2:37 pm
It was an exploitation if your contribution was not rewarded. Sad to say that many good employees are only the boss’s pet when come to assignment.
I hope scribbler had received your entitled rewards after putting so much effort in your job.
Comment by Jason — July 5, 2005 @ 12:24 pm