The LAF Games Workshop Discussion Thread

[Tactalvanic]

Salary?

What salary? 

You would not even apply for the post if you would not do it for the pleasure, nay, the honor, of working for such an illustrious company, with such a fine group of upstanding accountants and hard working colleagues to associate/work with.

That or your own weight in fine-cast, as they probably have a lot of that available.

[Dr. Zombie]

I was not exactly sure what humdinger meant. That this job apparently is.

So I looked it up in Urban dictionary.
And there it is defined as

A woman with the capibility to throw her left breast over her right shoulder and squirt buttermilk into her anus.

I mean I am all for equal opportunities, but is this really a qualification sought after in a CEO!?

[Ajsalium]

I nominate Tony Reidy as new CEO of GW.

[Cubs]

David Ike!

[fred]

There are a bunch of Tesco execs now available...

[beefcake]

 

I nominate Tony Reidy as new CEO of GW.

[Dr Mathias]

I have seen more proffesional job adverts for intern positions.

How can a company as large as GW have this as the CEO job advert!?

That's what I was thinking. What kind of company describes their CEO position as a 'humdinger'?

Gee whillikers!

[Argonor]

The urban dictionary lied to you. It was an amazing lie and I rolled around laughing at their version of the words meaning but, no that is not a humdinger.

Hella funny visual though.

Its given as an explanation - but no, 1 is:
   
humdinger
Something that is extraordinary.

[Modhail]

Just read the ad,  .
So basically, they're saying they need a sycophant yes-man at the wheel.

I feel like picking it apart bit by bit, but I will restrain myself and only look at the bullet points:

Deliver a sustainable increase in return on capital

"We want you to make us money, lots of money!!!"

Have the right people in the right jobs at the right time

This can go several ways:
"We want you to do the impossible, without disrupting the daily routine of our "dignitaries", who are effectively welded into their jobs."
Or:
"We currently have all the wrong people, in all the wrong places, we need you to fix this, preferably without stepping on anyones toes."
Or:
"If anything goes seriously wrong, it's your fault, since you obviously selected the wrong person for the task. In this rare instance, shit does flow uphill..."

Set the operational agenda in agreement with the board and deliver it on time

"You are not the boss, the shareholders and board of directors are. You will suck up to them and agree with them. You will perfectly execute their unrealistic and possibly conflicting imperatives."

Keep our owners appropriately informed

"If you do anything that is questionable or discover serious problems, make sure the masters behind the throne can maintain plausible deniability."

Perform the normal legal duties and responsibilities of a director

"Oh, yeah, real directors are supposed to do stuff. You should do them too. We assume you know what they are, because we have no idea."

 

Humdinger indeed.... 

[Tactalvanic]

Like I said 

I think the correct title is actually 'Blame Monkey'.

So neither the accepted definition or the suggested urban definition of humdinger actually fits, really.

Complaint to trading standards, for misuse of the word humdinger in their advertising?

 

[Cubs]

Wait a second ... so where are we with the breasts over the shoulder thing again?



Possibly the best result for GW is for them to give the job to someone who actually knows what they're doing and uses some good old legal know-how to squeeze the idiots out of the decision making roles.

[pixelgeek]

I want someone to do a reality TV to help them choose

[beefcake]

 

[beefcake]

 
Yeah, Pity they hadn't discovered her for the re-release of Total Recall.
(Don't google Jasmine Tridevil if you are at work )

[pixelgeek]

(Don't google Jasmine Tridevil if you are at work

Seems innocent enough

http://www.healthgrades.com/provider/jasmine-trivedi-2xdvk