Dear Claudia,

I’ll cut to the chase: my boss is an idiot, and I want his job. I think I can do it better than him, faster, and probably a whole lot cheaper for the company. The CEO will be spending some time in our office over the next month, and I’d like to use the opportunity to tell him my suggestions to improve our department performance. I think I can make a good business case to replace him; do you think it’s a good idea, or job suicide?

Wannabe
Dear Wannabe,

Oh boyoboyo. I don’t even know where to start with this, my friend: your ego, your judgment, or the politics of an office where employees plot to take each other out.

Don’t think for a second that what goes around won’t come right back to find you...

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