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To be fair to Saruman, this orc didn't think to use the nearby forest to stoke the fires until he was told to. Not the brightest bulb.
What happened after they used the forest?
The trees slaughtered his workers, broke a damn, and destroyed the factory.
Typical executive short term thinking, yeah, Saruman hit his production targets, but he Boeinged them by doing it.
I love that Boeing is a verb now
Totally deserved as well. They boeinged themselves pretty good.
As someone currently waiting to board a flight home, I am not as appreciative.
fr what's happening? just today there was another incident...
Upper management switched from engineers to failure MBA people. Not knowing how to do anything, the company is falling apart for short term gains.
They are all Jack Welch level genius with nothing to contribute, no talent, and lots of confidence. Maximum Dunning-Kruger.
You would think that all the doors would be checked again by now
Oh, me too. Makes me all warm and fuzzy.
Well if the boss would quit sexting with an egurl all the time maybe he could have helped out with the whole ent thing
This is the most hilarious summary of the plot of The Two Towers I've ever seem.
Wait, who is the egurl? Sauron?
Yes.
Yeah but middle-manager orc was immediately on board. As soon as he knew he wouldn't have to take responsibility he was just a yes-orc.
At least this time Saruman(c-suite for sure) didn’t catch a golden parachute from the board on his way out the door to guide(Sabatoge) another kingdom(company)
Saruman the White-collar
I didn't really catch this until now, but the LotR "hell" is just your spirit not being let into Valinor like the original conceptualization in Christianity. Neat.
This is like when you acquire a company, transfer the best workers, then ask the former CEO (now VP of something) to meet insane targets and later fire them for cause after they fuck everything up, negating their whole parachute package.
Just like how all public companies focus on the quarterly numbers and nothing else. No one gives a shit about next year or even next quarter. It's always "how much money are we making in the next 3 months, all else be damned."
I get paid based on the quarterly numbers, as long as I liquidate whatever stock i get as soon as possible then next quarter doesn't matter.
Jesus I've gotten cynical though.
Gotta keep them stock prices inflated. Forget being in business in 10 years. Forget being able to pay reasonable dividends. Forget the strategic plan. What are we doing to boost stock prices RIGHT FUCKING NOW?!?!
"Always you must meddle, looking for trouble where none exists." -David Calhoun, CEO, to John Barnett, Quality Control