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Title: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: Ripsnort on June 03, 2008, 11:15:30 AM
1. You sat at the same desk for 4 years and  worked for 8  different  managers.
 Or have moved 10 times in two years and have  never known who your boss was.

 2. Your resume is on a jumpdrive in your  pocket.

 3. Someone asks you what you do for a living  and you lie.

 4. You get really excited about a 2% pay  increase.

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

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

 7. Its dark on your drive to and from work.

 8. Fun is when 'projects' are assigned to  someone else.

 9. Communication is something your 'group' is  having problems with.

 10. You see a good-looking person and know it's  a visitor! .

 1 1. Free food left over from a meeting is your  main staple.

 12. All art involves a white board.

 13. All real work is done prior to 8:00am and  after 4:30pm.

 14. You're already late on the assignment you  just received.

 15. Dilbert is your favorite cartoon.

 16. Your boss's favorite lines are ...
  'When you get a few minutes ...'
  'I have an opportunity for you ...'
  'Cross-charging is forbidden.'
  ' We have a new engineering vice-president.'
  This reorganization will allow us to streamline  our way of  doing business, of becoming more competitive.'
  17. 99% of the people in your company do not  know what you do.
  18. 99% of the people in your company do not  care what you do.

19. Vacation is something you rollover to next  year or a check you get every January.

 20. Change is the norm.

 21. Nepotism is strongly encouraged .

 22. Your company announces no pay increase  because it is investing money in a new aircraft development.

 23. Your company announces no pay increase  because the airline industry is in a downturn'
 and your boss gets voted 'man of the year in aerospace '

 24. Your fear to fly is becoming even worse.

 25. Everyone at the company says that without  his work there would be no aircraft.

 26. An ordinary secretary has more power than  an old engineer.

 27. You read this entire list and understand it.

 28. Not allowing firearms on company property  is seen strictly as a suicide prevention measure.

 29. The only people you forward this to are in  aerospace too because no one else would understand!
 
 30. You go to forward this on and find the only people in your address book are family and (you guessed it) aerospace  friends.

Title: Re: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: texasmom on June 03, 2008, 12:57:07 PM
"Not allowing firearms on company property  is seen strictly as a suicide prevention measure."


 :lol

Title: Re: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: Saxman on June 03, 2008, 01:36:10 PM
Y'know about 90% of those can apply to occupations other than aerospace. ;)
Title: Re: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: john9001 on June 03, 2008, 02:20:33 PM
Y'know about 90% of those can apply to occupations other than aerospace. ;)

and thats the truth.
Title: Re: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: soda72 on June 03, 2008, 03:08:27 PM
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might be in the Aviation/Defense industry

If you have time to post on a BB?

 ;)
Title: Re: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: WilldCrd on June 03, 2008, 03:12:27 PM
Fits the Telecomm field too lol
Title: Re: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: Shaky on June 03, 2008, 04:13:09 PM
First thing I thought of, and now and forever my mental image of Rip.....

(http://theoscarsite.com/chronicle/1993img/falling_down.jpg)
Title: Re: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: moot on June 03, 2008, 05:55:42 PM
:lol yikes!
Title: Re: You might be in the Aviation/Defense industry if....
Post by: Scherf on June 04, 2008, 01:30:57 AM
"So I'm the bad guy now?"