Working Daze by John Zakour and Scott Roberts for September 02, 2024

Hmmm…will tomorrow’s comic be about “Things employees do…”?

Stay tuned. (Any hint, Scott?)

Customers also do this…I was once asked to produce an advert (for a magazine) that was at once both traditional with old-fashioned values yet also funky and modern. Another with colours that were soft and pastel but also bright and primary. One that was (and I quote) ‘hard and happenin’ in a New York street cred kind of way’.

Cues the mission impossible music.

Nice reflections on the tabletop, Scott!

What, no time travel feature? Then Rita can see the App yesterday.

“You want what? When?” Sounds of laughter and giggling and muted grumbling and cursing in the background.

CJ seems to be unusually cheery this morning.

I had a project like that. I asked the boss. OK, so what is my budget? Budget! Just do it and get some people to help on the side. Yeah – didn’t work.

Engineering adage: The new product can have 1) High Performance 2) Low Cost 3) Fast Time to Market – pick any TWO

Who’s the blonde Rita in the background?

Boss: How long will it take for Project A? Me: About two weeks. Boss: How long will it take for Project B? Me: About two weeks. Boss: How long will it take for Project C? Me: About two weeks. Boss: Okay, you have two weeks to do Projects A, B and C.

That’s what I’d call a ‘vending machine mentality’—thinking that if you put enough coins in, a product will magically appear. Or, as Baxter Black would say, (paraphrased) ’that’s how some people believe calves are born.’

I’ve seen this before at my first company. We just need her to say that she is a genius for coming up with the idea and the engineers have the easy part.

Dana looks soooooo tired.

Is that her sister or doppelganger in the background?

I had a “boss” who gave me 4 DROP EVERYTHING projects and then wrote me up for not doing all the other things while I was doing the 4 projects.