When I just arrived in China donkey years ago, a Chinese policeman told me a joke about how a government department has staff that are from one big happy family and close friends and relatives from the same village.
It appears that a friend of his just got promoted to a quite senior position in a government agency.
What happened was that hypothetically, this new senior official created a new post of Manager for his brother to be in charge of all the toilets in the building, there were 8 toilets.
This manager brother then went on to create 8 more posts for his wife, sons, close friends, and relatives to assist him as assistant managers of toilets, each assistant in charge of 1 toilet.
Then these assistant managers went on to employ deputy assistant managers, team leaders, senior toilet cleaners, assistant senior toilet cleaners, toilet cleaners, and assistant toilet cleaners.
When it comes to doing the real work, only 16 assistant toilet cleaners were cleaning the toilets daily while the rest of the “management staff” were either at home, on holiday, sexing with their mistress or playing mahjong.
In the end, that government department was practically feeding the entire village.
You say funny or not this joke?
The above comments were posted in the TRE. I think this is a brilliant idea to create high value jobs with big titles so that more people can be paid highly and be very happy. There is no need to worry about money as the money comes from Ah Kong. Can use Ah Kong's money to buy loyalty also.
Singapore can really learn from the above and use the clever ideas to create more jobs for Singaporeans and make more Singaporeans very happy, getting big titles, getting big fat pay, and doing nothing.
What do you think? The policeman clever or not?
Rb very good idea. I thought we are already using it,?
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ReplyDeleteA very very good morning to everyone.
What a brilliant idea!
I think only super super super talents can think of this idea!
Hahaha........
They are very busy sending birthday cards and congratulatory messages. These type of jobs very important and must be paid in the millions. It is a very job keeping track of whose birthday, who got promoted, elected, married, became fathers, mothers, grandfathers.....
ReplyDeleteSingapore where got so clever?
ReplyDeleteUncle, got lah.
DeleteRemember they r called Locals not Pooreans. They r the most street smart people that game on the loop hole of systems, some oledi in HR functions or some very senior positions recruiting their own 'village' people under the guise of flawed trade deal or fta. Some posed as agencies to recommend jobs to their own kind with lucrative profits, some lagging smart by gradually transfers their khakis from overseas to replace Sinkies & so many more disingenuous ways creeping in like trojan horses, Sinkies will hv to suffer another 5 more yrs ...
If what you said is true, then Sinkies sure mati.
ReplyDeleteWhy no one helping the sure mati Sinkies?
Because Sinkies themselves deserved to be screwed.
DeleteToo kaisi,kaisi and Kai Cheng hu
Don't dare to take a chance and change.
For the better or worse
They are already in dire deep Shits.
Spend too much of my time kpkb for them.
Now, I very happy that they deserved to be screwed.
Sinkies of today must taste hardships and bitterness before they farking wake up.
Too many self conceited and saboing amongst ourselves instead of as ONE
Look at the many Sinkies in Grab drivers, grab deliver riders, many r also underemployed, part timers, in cleaning, security services etc..this trend even worries a Prof & oppo, is Sinkies going to sure die lio? Probably not yet, but like a frog in a frying pan, in a gradual process. Looks like the Loser Ah Meng has jus waken up from being fired by a GRc now fighting against an aircraft repair mnc about cutting staffs retrenchment in a responsible way.
ReplyDeleteSure or not Ah Meng woken up and now fighting for Singaporean workers? His multi-million $ pay still intact leh. Maybe now wayang and hope 5 years' time get voted in by grateful Singaporeans as champion for workers.
ReplyDeleteWatever it is, he goto endured being labeled as as Loser (though) a highly paid one, & after tat channel to other GRC again to be voted in again ( probably up North as chances of winning is high mah).
DeleteIf I don't have to pay from my pocket I will promote everyone and pay them millions to make them happy.
ReplyDeleteWhat is wrong with OPM?
Hello don't advocate this type of thinking lar. I feel like sodomy u to wake u up
DeleteWhat does a Minister in the Prime Minister Office do ??
ReplyDeleteHi anonymous 1202pm
ReplyDeleteYou don't know meh...klkk lah! Very VERY VERY busy! Don't play play! You interested?
Hahaha.hahaha.....
Anon 12.02pm
ReplyDeletePut it simply is Cho Bo L. or Side kicks of Somebolee or advisors or Yes Mast*##ter, watever u call it..
Well in some banks they have Vice Presidents, Deputy Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Deputy Assistant Vice Presidents, etc etc and the same position lineage for Departments, etc. More chiefs than Indians. And the staffs like it.
ReplyDeleteHere at home you have to look at all the long line of political office bearers trying to outdo the private sector to believe it is not just China doing the padding.
Singapore bus companies all employees are Captains. Just try beating that in any other organisation, even the military!
ReplyDeleteThey could have called them majors or colonels. It is up to them.
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