The BOSS OF ME blog

Do you want to listen to an hour-long monologue about why Jessica in accounting is an asshole?

No? I guess I won’t be starting up a podcast anytime soon.

Before podcasts, memes and blogs were invented, I began narrating my life by adding sticky notes to family photo albums.

In Junior High and High School, I was formally recognized for my gift of the gab.

After obtaining a business degree with a major in marketing, my illustrious career began in trucking because ‘do what you love,’ was not a thing back then. ‘Make enough money to pay rent,’ was pretty popular though.

From trucking, I took a short trip into the travel industry where I met a client who hired me into my first role in supply chain in the energy sector. I worked in supply chain for over 17 years.

You may not know what supply chain is and that’s okay. In my experience, people in supply chain spend a significant amount of time explaining it to each other. For example, I once tried to explain what I did at work, to my colleagues, friends and family. Here is the visual I created:

Now that we are all thoroughly confused, let’s sum it up by saying I worked in a corporate office where people liked to debate what we even did there.

While my career evolved and roles changed over the years, one thing has remained the same: my stalwart commitment to deliver a blow-by-blow account of what I am doing, through whatever means necessary to people who are listening and those who actively aren’t.

I began my public writing journey in 2016 by establishing the BOSS OF ME blog but took an 8-year break to hone my corporate expertise and conduct research for my blog.

Recent testimonials regarding my suitability for a writing career include:

• “Have you considered a career in stand-up comedy?” – My Executive Coach based on feedback from my colleagues and my propensity for making fun of myself.
•  “You talk a lot but don’t say anything.” – My Therapist who I imagine was thoroughly impressed with my ability to say all of the words and still manage to have no point.

With over 25 years of office experience and more than 4 decades of professional talking experience, I’m ready for another challenge.

I’ve done a 360, and I’m back on my bullshit.

Over the years I discovered that with laughter, a sense of belonging, and a shared purpose, people can get through almost anything during the tough times, and absolutely kill it during the good ones, and I write about that.

I write stories about work, learning how to do stuff, and the cast of characters I’ve met over the years. I design visuals to accompany my stories because pictures are funny (but mostly to sate my immense and completely exaggerated fear of copyright infringement).

Hello, my name is Christie and I’m a self-proclaimed Corporate Moron©. If you’ve ever worked in a large to medium-sized corporation, you probably are too.

What is a Corporate Moron©?

Definition: A Corporate Moron© is an individual who has spent their entire career within a corporate environment. Due to their sole reliance on internal service departments such as IT, HR and Finance to do stuff for them and random colleagues’ unsolicited advice to make important life decisions, a Corporate Moron© often struggles to function outside of its native habitat. And it’s funny.

These are our stories.  “Dun dun.”

Welcome to The BOSS OF ME blog.

I hope you laugh.

Read my most recent post here: You, Me and ChatGPT