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by BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

[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.

D0nkey05

Stealth

5 months ago

Will you be my bahu?

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

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

D0nkey05

Stealth

5 months ago

Bahu also means wifey 🤦🏻‍♂️

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Borosil_Carrier

Stealth

5 months ago

Jaldi nikal jao udhar se, it does not get better 😂

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

Yaar market is bad 😥 You got that dog 😏😏

EarthDragon

Stealth

5 months ago

Babysitters chahiye founders ko 🤦🏻

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

😂😂 The role is good if founders know resource utilisation

salt

Gojek

5 months ago

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

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

Salt yaar bezzati mat karo 😭

Bicken_Chiryani

Eviden

5 months ago

@salt You mean class monitor ultra pro max 😂😂😂

KhwaboKaSipahi

Stealth

5 months ago

If staffs are naukars “chief of staff” is naukaro ka dalla

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

I would have preferred Naukaro ka sardar but well 💁‍♀️

KhwaboKaSipahi

Stealth

5 months ago

Wohi bolta but phir CEO kon

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Elon_Musk

X.com

5 months ago

Should have just added - not everywhere 😏 to mess with the boss

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

Should have 😏 but it was client call so haha jokes 💁‍♀️😑

OnADietCoke

Stealth

5 months ago

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

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

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

Rollo

Unemployed

5 months ago

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

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

Looking at the positives 🤌

Rollo

Unemployed

5 months ago

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

MightyLazyGeekStar

Stealth

5 months ago

You are their winning trophy

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

🥺

StanleyHudson

Stealth

5 months ago

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

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

Beautiful jingles yes but still a dog 🐕

StanleyHudson

Stealth

5 months ago

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

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Rhombus

CARS24

5 months ago

Badi Bahu to Granny

PatraniMacchi

B2B SaaS

5 months ago

What does your day to day look like? I see varying JDs for this and the founder's office role tbh. It can vary from secretarial work to strategic ones.

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

A lot of things. I avoid secretarial stuff, telling people to do things which they are supposed to do. But majorly process alignment, operations and helping with clients (aka revenue 💰)

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Flipkart

5 months ago

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 couldn’t see future growth and substantial learning. I left it then worked on different projects to get better deep learning of those metrics.

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

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.

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Flipkart

5 months ago

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.

LawfulScrip4

Samsung

5 months ago

Chief of Staff is a great role. Its one in which you have leverage and potentially the safest role to learn leadership skills to own up a business unit later. Dont take it lightly. Yes yoy will be treated like a secretary - but the goal is to understand the complexities of business decisions and how a CXO thinks . How are conflicts resolved ? How are morally grey decisions handled based on a value system etc. You are taking a shortcut to the leadership brains- this is bound to be frustrating and have growth pains.

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

Yess! And that's why I am inclined towards this. Basically learning how to build businesses while drawing a salary 🙌

ThanosIsRight

Meesho

5 months ago

Oh you finally found a job! Congrats!

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

Not job, contract working

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

Though thank you! 🙌

Bicken_Chiryani

Eviden

5 months ago

Title toh itna bhaari hai k jaise koi USA k Executive Office ka head ho…. Oh wait! 😅😅😅

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

🤣🤣🤣

Silverfox

Seed Stage Startup

5 months ago

Ok. You were freelancing to an extent no?

BiryaniEnthu

Stealth

5 months ago

I still am. On a contractual role

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Chhuttan in Panchayat 3 is what Chief Of Staff job feels like

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by Peahen

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a month ago

Too many meetings, and our boss is one yapper

I thought I was the only one frustrated with meetings until my colleagues also mentioned they were not able to get work done because most of the day was spent on meetings Plus our boss (CEO) loves talking, anyway the meetings are agenda-less. He stretches 30 min calls to 2 hours and then has the audacity to question the productivity. Cannot tell me this, he gets very touchy when feedback is negative for him. And then writes sarcastic messages. Also, who wants to take up fights with person who pays your salary What to do in this case? I'm tired of working 12 hours each day