For the love of all beautiful things, read this story now: http://www.romania-insider.com/catbox-cat-manager/150265/
TLDR version: A Romanian company has hired a cat for its Communications Manager, apparently after an exhaustive recruitment process. Details of its salary are hilarious (and not dissimilar to previous salaries I've received).
So I take it all back ... some Romanian companies don't just butcher English on their websites. I suspect the rot may run far deeper than that. The cats have seen to it.
It does make me wonder how the other 'over 700' applicants feel about this. Should one feel sad about losing out to a cat, or relieved at not working for a company that picks a cat for its Communications Manager?
What other harebrained (or is that hair-balled?) ideas might this company come up with?
[Did I warn you at the start that there will be a lot of puns? No? There will be a lot of puns.]
Where does this end? Does the cat also have to undergo regular performance review audits? Does it get extra kibble as a Christmas bonus? Is there a separate little kitty bathroom somewhere in this office, or does the cat suffer the indignity of using a litter tray in full view of the co-workers?
The part of that story that REALLY blows my mind is this quote: "The first cat-manager ... will have to stamp all the gift boxes the company sells."
Are you getting the same image in your heads when you read that line that I do? An assembly line of bored-looking cats, trying to grip rubber stamps between their paws, as they feverishly stamp all the outgoing boxes?
On the plus side, this DOES explain the condition of some of the mail-order parcels I've received from smaller ... err ... 'independent' suppliers.
And there you thought that Romania (Bucharest anyway) had an issue with stray dogs. No longer. The cats are now in management.
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