Think Again If You Want A Pay Increment Or Promotion
After ten years of selfless service, a worker realised that he has not been promoted, no commendation award, no salary increase, and that the company is not doing anything about it. He decided to consult his manager and told him his observation. The manager looked at him, laughed and asked him to sit down saying, “My friend, you have not worked here for even one day.” The worker was surprised to hear this, but the manager went on to explain.
MANAGER: How many days are there in a year?
WORKER: 365 days and sometimes 366 days.
MANAGER: How many hours make up a day?
WORKER: 24 hours.
MANAGER: How long do you work in a day?
WORKER: 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. 8 hours a day.
MANAGER: What fraction of the day do you work in hours?
WORKER: He did some arithmetic and said 8/24 hours which is 1/3.
MANAGER: That is nice of you. What is 1/3 of 366 days?
WORKER: 122 (1/3 x 366 = 122 days)
MANAGER: How many days are there in a year that are weekends?
WORKER: 52 Saturdays and 52 Sundays equals to 104 days.
MANAGER: If you remove 104 days from 122 days, how many days do you now have?
WORKER: 18 days.
MANAGER: I do give you two weeks sick leave every year. Now remove that 14 days from the 18 days left. How many days do you have remaining?
WORKER: 4 days.
MANAGER: Do you work on New Year’s Day, Labour Day, National Day, and Christmas?
WORKER: No.
MANAGER: How many days are left?
WORKER: 0.
MANAGER: Then what are you claiming?
WORKER: I have understood. I did not realise that I was stealing the company’s money all these years.
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