He's too friendly

Ok, this is a true story which just happened today. The Program Management department in my company now has 1 SVP (my asshole ex-boss), 1 AVP and 1 Associate. They are assisted by 4 secondees from external consultancy company to assist on internal PM works. And they also have 2-3 consultants (from different consultant company) to do shared track initiatives.

The Management has given a directive to the ASSHOLE to take over the shared track PM from the 2-3 consultants by mid this year. This is partly to save costs as we have been paying millions to them (as compared to the puny salary that we get) and also to develop internal capabilities.

So, this afternoon the ASSHOLE had a chat with one of the consultants. The ASSHOLE requested the consultant to come up with transition and handover plan. The ASSHOLE also requested the consultant's help to assist, groom and guide the AVP (named F*za) and the Associate (named A*har) with anticipation that these two chaps will take over the consultants' roles in shared track.

The consultant is OK with the idea and willing to offer his assistance on the transition. But, before the consultant can say much further, came an advice from the ASSHOLE... "But be careful with A*har. He's too friendly with other people..."

Yupp! In the ASSHOLE dictionary, a Program Manager should not be friendly to others!