I have a long history of buying shit.
For example …
Cups.
Badges.
Pencils.
Stickers.
Packing tape.
You name it, I’ve likely ordered it.
I don’t do it intentionally … but it just ends up that way.
Or should I say other people tell me it’s shit. The bastards.
Which is my way of revealing the latest purchase.
More badges.
Specifically these …
Personally, I don’t think they’re a waste of money, I think they’re literally a badge of honour and hopefully shame … because as I pointed out a few weeks ago, too many companies hold meetings for no other reason than to look productive while hiding the fact they’re not and this is our way of showing we know what they’re doing and we don’t like it.
It’s why I have a lot of appreciation for how Amazon approach them – I don’t think they’re necessarily right – because there has to be an amount of flex to allow conversations to explore and evolve – but I do like they’re for a specific reason rather than for any reason. [including to work out what the reason could be]
It blows my mind that more and more companies are placing more and more limits on what they are willing to spend money on, but they’re cool with any employee calling any amount of meetings for any amount of people without so much as a blink of the eye – despite the fact they can literally run to thousands and thousands of dollar value.
The world of business – for all its hubris – is very messed up.
Which is why these badges are the nicest way to say ‘you’re fucked’ without being sacked.
Hopefully, hahaha.