As a business analyst whose job it is to gather requirements and send them to the engineer for build , this is spot on. Only I don’t have a secretary or fax machine . Haha !
Then reality sets in and you think to yourself: people live their entire lives this way...and for what? A few extra dollars? Whats a few extra dollars when it robs you of time with your friends and family, or spending time pursuing things you love? It makes sense why society is becoming so messed up: we are wage slaves. And the so called "upper class" sees us as such: nothing more than cattle.
Possibly the funniest, well-written, well-conceived, well-performed comic scene in the history of the art form. I can't get enough of this. My brother and I mock poor Tom all the time. TOO funny!
Since Covid hit 2 years ago, I have only worked P/T at a friend's small business. This scene confirms, I never would go back to the world of TPS Reports and cubicles. God I hated that environment.
What makes Office Space so hilarious is how relatable it is. The majority of people have worked in environments just like that. It seems so easygoing and straightforward but the monotonous nature of the work can really damage your mental health and slowly deteriorate any imagination or creativity you may have. You basically turn into a robot.
Is it getting Bob'd or is it that there is new ownership and people are evaluating processes? I do RevOps which involves process and technology evaluation. A lot of people think of this scene when I describe my role. It's not this at all and most organizations don't want to cut staff. They want to streamline where they can and if it results on role changes, yeah it happens but that usually turns into other opportunities or duties for those folks internally in more productive roles.
@RMDad358 we've had some similar things done over the last 10 years.. every time we start one of these processes, there's always a few people freaking out that they're about to lose their job, but we're just trying to make shit easier so we can focus on other jobs, instead of having to bring in contractors as often
At least he finally got some actual information from this interview. His imagination had been going wild ever since he found out about the consultants. He'd been jumping to all kinds of conclusions based off nothing more than his constant anxiety about what his actual job would be.
To be fair, if you know any engineers out there, you’d know that they will actively avoid engaging with customers as much as possible. They don’t want to deal with them at all. And why would they? It’s not really their job. Customer engagement is a completely different field and most engineers don’t have the people skills to deal with them, especially if things go wrong.
We want *some* of the customer feedback filtered out if it's wrong or already solved, but a lot of the time we're asking our guy "what exactly did the customer say?". Being an engineer stuck behind a bad filter is incredibly frustrating if you actually care about the quality of the thing you're making, and how useful it is to the customer.
He's the human buffer between customers & engineers. You think engineers get anything done having to deal with customers while trying to do their jobs? I can see why his job exists.
I am a people person. And because I am a people person, I deal..... with people. And the people are people. And the people who deal with people are people. The people who are dealing with people are the best at dealing with people, as people. We must lead in order to deal with people and the people who need to deal with people.... need leadership..... to deal with those people.
