Thursday, August 25, 2022

Hiring a General Secretary

If they say titles don’t matter, they probably never hired at General Secretary. A General Secretary is not there to answer phones, send emails, and order lunch. What they do can’t be quantified for reasons less to do with their unique talents and more to do with rampant criminal activities.

You don’t want an employee who gives it to you straight. It’s much better to have someone seamlessly and effortlessly massage the facts. Facts, like people, get sore from time to time and benefit from the actions of a tender masseuse and a basic insurance plan. Facts aren’t things that exist in one place and are the same somewhere else. They are different in different situations. Kind of like you. The way you are around grandma is not the same as you are on the bocce court. Why would facts be any different?


While traditional secretaries may organize office pools and parties, a General Secretary focuses on one type of party. Happy Hour implies that some hours of the day are not happy, which is an impossibility. There aren’t shows for you to attend, only show trials. Interviews are exchanged for interrogations and collaborators, no matter how productive, are punished.  


A General Secretary is not meant to be your friend. You have enough friends. If anything, they’re a comrade. Possibly a fellow traveler, but definitely not a friend. 

No comments:

Post a Comment