ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka

[Rant] Chief of Staff is just a fancy title

Chief of Staff is like the Badi Bahu (eldest daughter-in-law), expected to fix 3 decades of shit work culture

One of my bosses introduced me as "She follows me wherever I go" Am I the Hutch dog?! (If you don't know Hutch dog, you are way too young)

It can be a rewarding role only if you know how to set firm boundaries; otherwise, people gonna take advantage of you.

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FluffyWaffle
FluffyWaffle
Swiggy13mo

Will you be my bahu?

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

Your bahu? Matlab I'll have to wait to marry your son? By the time your son reaches puberty, I'll be ded ๐Ÿ’€

FluffyWaffle
FluffyWaffle
Swiggy13mo

Bahu also means wifey ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿปโ€โ™‚๏ธ

BouncyCupcake
BouncyCupcake

Jaldi nikal jao udhar se, it does not get better ๐Ÿ˜‚

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ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

Yaar market is bad ๐Ÿ˜ฅ

You got that dog ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜

SquishyQuokka
SquishyQuokka
Gojek13mo

Chief of Staff is a Secretary level role for a Top B-School grad.

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

Salt yaar bezzati mat karo ๐Ÿ˜ญ

GroovyKoala
GroovyKoala
Eviden13mo

@salt You mean class monitor ultra pro max ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

SleepyBanana
SleepyBanana

Babysitters chahiye founders ko ๐Ÿคฆ๐Ÿป

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ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ The role is good if founders know resource utilisation

DizzyCoconut
DizzyCoconut

If staffs are naukars โ€œchief of staffโ€ is naukaro ka dalla

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

I would have preferred Naukaro ka sardar but well ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ

DizzyCoconut
DizzyCoconut

Wohi bolta but phir CEO kon

SparklyNoodle
SparklyNoodle

Woh sab theek hai

Lekin yess I am really glad someone recalled the hutch dog
Moreover, Hutch ads had dope songs "Everyday I want to shine stay by my side" And
"You and I in this beautiful world" to name a few

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

Beautiful jingles yes but still a dog ๐Ÿ•

SparklyNoodle
SparklyNoodle

That dog used to melt me as a kid Also, Do you remember ZooZoos?

ZoomyDumpling
ZoomyDumpling

The Hutch dog jingle went like: "You and I, ... , in this beautiful world"

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

Looking at the positives ๐ŸคŒ

ZoomyDumpling
ZoomyDumpling

Yep

"Dariya me phek attitude tera Stress ka gira magnitude tera Ayine me dekh muskura ke Rollo Door tak le jae gratitude tera"๐ŸŽต

DancingTaco
DancingTaco

Personal opinion: I feel you miss a lot of domain knowledge which is gained during initial YOE. I was chief of staff at early stage of my career and I couldnโ€™t see future growth and substantial learning. I left it then worked on different projects to get better deep learning of those metrics.

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

Probably but I don't think I'm made to fall in a mould. Generalist calls me, solving problems gives me kick. I'll go sit talk to people, departments, asking them questions, learning to speak their language.

DancingTaco
DancingTaco

Future growth dekhlena that after 10 or so years what position you will hold if you continue this. That clarity I think all of us require in our roles.

GroovyBoba
GroovyBoba

Should have just added - not everywhere ๐Ÿ˜ to mess with the boss

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

Should have ๐Ÿ˜ but it was client call so haha jokes ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‘

CosmicPotato
CosmicPotato

So it wasn't some sort of military designation for HR?

ZestyQuokka
ZestyQuokka
Hinge13mo

Hell never! It does include HR, only because the startups which need CoS are small. Once they grow, HR is a separate department

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