Hey Boss: This Job Feels Pointless

The boss is missing. Again. You hate to be bored and are searching for ways to keep busy. So you shoot off an email with a few project ideas. You get a reply a day later: “Thanks, I will take a look.” But you know this will never happen. What is the point?

Call off the search team. I know where the boss is. And I know why your ideas will never go anywhere. I once reported to someone who did this often. Let’s call him Joe. Joe was usually locked away working on a plan for the next quarter. B...