I’ve never had an office job and I’ve always wondered what it is a typical cubicle worker actually does in their day-to-day. When your boss assigns you a “project”, what kind of stuff might it entail? Is it usually putting together some kind of report or presentation? I hear it’s a lot of responding to emails and attending meetings, but emails and meetings about what, finances?

I know it’ll probably be largely dependent on what department you work in and that there are specific office jobs like data-entry where you’re inputting information into a computer system all day long, HR handles internal affairs, and managers are supposed to delegate tasks and ensure they’re being completed on time. But if your job is basically what we see in Office Space, what does that actually look like hour-by-hour?

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    I reengineer business processes based on best practices and state of the art technologies and methods.

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      4 days ago

      Riding along with OP’s curiosity, what does that actually mean? What’s an example of a business process which you reengineered?

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        OK I’ll give you a translation of the bullshit bingo:

        • Reengineer business processes: dragging ancient, obsolete systems and processes into the current time.
        • Best practices: I can tie my own shoelaces and eat with a knife and fork without stabbing myself in the face.
        • State of the art technologies: we use computers.
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          While it’s certainly facetious and a bunch of bullshit bingo, it does actually describe what I do, albeit in management speak.