welcome to "theater of the absurd"

[rone]

<dem> ah, my first Lehman Brothers resume.  neat.
<dem> "Assistant Vice President & Network Engineer" ?!!?

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[h-postmortemus.livejournal.com]

I have a friend who used to work at Merrill-Lynch, and he too had the "Assistant VP" title attached to his IT title. Apparently they hand these things out like paperclips in the financial industry.

[adb-jaeger.livejournal.com]

It's not just the financial industry.

[arian1.livejournal.com]

All I can think of is Christian Bale in American Psycho caressing that business card.

[sunburn.livejournal.com]

"Murders and Executions!"

[blarglefiend.livejournal.com]

My boss, who anywhere else would simply be "Systems Manager", has a VP title. He manages five people.

Why, yes, finance sector.

[some_other_dave]

DEM? Dennis? Tell him I say "hello", and I still have my 914... :)

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Ha ha, yes. More from him if you follow the #best tag...

[canetoad.livejournal.com]

It's a common and convenient way of determining which bonus pool you fall into at the end of the year. Without at least an AVP after your name, you get a pittance.

Signed,
Former Financial Services Industry Drone

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

Nations Bank (now Bank of America) made anyone who was higher than a branch teller a VP. Making them management stops them from unionizing.