After three years of selfless service, I suddenly realised that I have not been promoted at my place of work, no transfer, no salary increase, no commendation. The company is not even doing anything about it. So I decided to see my HR Manager one morning. After exchanging greetings, I told the HR Manager my observations. He looked at me, laughed and asked me to sit down, and he said, My friend, you have not worked here for even one day. I was surprised at what he just said but he went on to explain, asking me, How many days are there in a year? I said, 365 days and sometimes 366. How many hours make up a day? He asked, and I replied, 24 hours sir. He asked, How long do you work in a day? I said, 8am to 4pm, that means 8 hours a day sir. So, what fraction of the day do you work in hours? He asked. I did some mathematics in my head immediately and said, 8/24 hours i.e. 1/3, One-third. He said, That is nice, what is one-third of 366 days? He asked, and I replied, 122 1/3 366. Do you come to works on weekends? He asked. No sir! I said. How many days are there in a year that are weekends? He asked. I replied, 52 Saturdays and 52 Sundays equals to 104 days. Thanks for that. He said and asked, If you remove 104 days from 122 days, how many do you have now? I replied, 18 days sir! Okay! He said, I do give you two weeks sick leave every year. Now remove that 14 days from the 18 days left, how many days do you have remaining? He asked. I replied, 4 days. Do you work on New Year day? He asked. No sir! I replied. Do you come to work on workers day? He asked. No sir! I replied. So, how many days are left? He asked. Two days sir! I replied. Do you work on Independence day? He asked. No sir! I replied. Do you work on Christmas day? He asked. No sir! I replied. So, how many days left? He asked. None sir! I replied. He said, So what do you need a promotion for? We should even be sacking you!
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:28:44 +0000