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Promoted! - Your Cubicle
The e-mail has a surprising tone for a declaration of doom.
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From: Your Boss!
To: You
CC: Everyone
Congratualtions! Due to attrition among the ranks of middle managers, you have been promoted to management as of right now. Have someone move your telephone and computer to your new office in the management section, and call me before the end of the day.
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There is no reason to ask for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for you. First, that message went to everyone, announcing that you have been promoted. As soon as your back is turned it will be so full of daggers you could open a cutlery shop. On top of that, your phone has been broken for months.
You tried begging, bribery, even threats. You just can not get a new phone. Now, you have to move to the new office, with a new phone, before the end of the day. If you don't, you won't lose the promotion, you will lose your job. Most new managers become sacrificial scapegoats for the board of directors on their first day.
You will just have to be smarter than those other fledgling managers. If you have problems, you can always resort to "Big D's Guide to Corporate Survival" (ie. the walkthrough). You keep it in your desk drawer.
Well, there is work to be done. Get that phone and get your equipment to the new office.