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Collaboration in a real-life workplace

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An example of why corporate workplace mantras are bullshit

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By: Simrin Purhar

Manager: Corporate called and wants us to make “collaboration” our new mantra. Repeat after me, “Collaboration equals productivity!”

Snarky Millennial: Are you talking about collaboration or a cult?

Manager: I’m going to ignore what you just said.

Snarky Millennial: For your information, The Economist released a strong and believable case against collaboration. They call it a curse on workplace productivity.

Manager: Well, you’re wrong — and that’s not a very collaborative attitude. Does anyone have anything positive to say?

Soccer Mom: I support collaboration. My eight-year-old just did a photo collaboration at school that shows what he did over winter break.  

Manager: No, er — I think you’re talking about a collage, not collaboration.

Newly Graduated Arts Major: I do the best picture collaborations. You should see the one I made my boyfriend for our three-month anniversary.

Manager: Clearly some of us don’t know the difference between collage and collaboration.

Teenage Daughter of the CEO: I think I learnt about collaborating in school. Are you and me collaborating right now because we’re both wearing white shirts and black pants?

Manager: That sounds like a coincidence . . . not collaboration. Can someone give me a real example?

Guy Everyone Hates For No Reason: How about when the marketing department worked together on the —

Manager: No, no, not you! Can somebody else please answer?

Snarky Millennial: Google defines collaboration as “the action of working with someone to produce or create something.”

Teenage Daughter of the CEO: If that’s what collaboration means, my dad and his old secretary used to collaborate all the time.

Manager: Finally, a real example. Can you elaborate on what they worked on and what was created as a result of the collaboration?

Teenage Daughter of the CEO: Well. . . what they worked on was sleeping together. And what they created is my half-sister and a vacation home for my mom and dad’s divorce lawyer.

Manager: . . .

Newly Graduated Arts Major: . . .

Soccer Mom: . . .

Guy Everyone Hates For No Reason: . . .

Snarky Millennial: . . . I think you mean classless or crappy situation . . . not collaboration.

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