Dilbert principle: Ineffective employees are promoted to management to minimize harm.
Murphy's Employees Laws
The ultimate collection of 42 laws regarding Murphy's Employees Laws. If it can go wrong, it will, and usually at the worst time.
Laws in this category
Peter principle: Employees rise to their level of incompetence.
Joy's law: Most of the smartest people work for someone else.
- Abhinaw P.
- David G. Carroll
If you want to be busy, say you have nothing to do.
- David G. Carroll
If you want to know what is happening, ask those under you.
- David G. Carroll
Equal Opportunity programs - aren't.
- David G. Carroll
When you are convinced everything works just fine, you are overlooking something.
- Aad Kooijman
It's not about the award, it's about the achievement.
- Alix Hein
- Shaul
When the most important task awaits you, you get the most interruptions.
- Viswanathan
If you arrive late at the office, your boss is likely already in his room.
- Mohamed
Your Boss will always call you when you aren't at your desk.
- Julius
- Francoboom
The more you pay for the uniform, the less likely you will wear any part of it.
- Francoboom
- Francoboom
The uniform you must wear comes in two sizes, small and pinchy.
- Francoboom
Being yourself will have to wait until you get home or at least to a bar.
- Francoboom
- Francoboom
If you bring your voodoo doll/adult magazine, or embarrassing cream to work, your boss will find it.
- Francoboom
Losing a job is never as fun or dignified as you imagine.
- Francoboom
If you've always wanted to do \_\_\_\_\_\_ during an interview \_\_\_\_\_\_ will get you arrested.
- Francoboom
- Francoboom
The more you hate a job and wish to leave, the longer you stay put.
- Francoboom
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- When your workmates guarantee they'll take care of your duties while you're on vacation, they won't
- The more work you are promised, the harder it is to find
- Someone always gets the good jobs first
- Your unemployment check always comes after you find work
- The ideal job for you was filled before you knew it
- You must be well-spoken, clear, pleasantly dressed, confident, and polite in a job interview. Even if you...
- If the job you want is well-paying, interesting, fun, rewarding, conveniently located, or attainable. Pick one
- Employers are either all the things you'd hate in a co-worker or start looking for another job
- There are demerit points for originality when one is caught
- If the boss doesn't understand your work, they will either ignore it, pretend they did it, or freak out
- The 10-minute presentation or video on how the company cares about you as an employee and individual was...
- The happiest person in the company can never be trusted
- If your manager has nothing bad to tell you for too long, you will soon need their reference
- Your current boss is the worst you've ever had until the next one
- Free thought is a capital crime
- The most enthusiastic worker doesn't get paid any better than anyone else
- You will never get fired at the beginning of the day. Your boss will think this is good