From the Free Online Dictionary by Farlex:

in•ept

1. Not apt or fitting; inappropriate

2. Bungling or clumsy; incompetent

nep•o•tism

Favoritism shown or patronage granted to relatives, as in business.

And from my twisted brain:

in•ept•o•tism

Putting an incompetent relative in a key position, to the detriment to both a company’s performance and employee morale.

I’ve coined a new word (or maybe not).  I had an epiphany, or most likely a shit fit, after having to deal with the unholy spawn of a company director.  He was obviously a mercy hire, as I couldn’t see “Number Two” (and I do mean that scatalogically also) surviving in the wild on his own.  He is ill-suited to the position he occupies, or, as my son would say, “Sucka ain’t got no skills.”  He also appears to have smoked way too much weed in college.

If you think about the excruciating process of hiring a new employee, you wonder how such a dolt could slip through the cracks in the first place.  His old man must have compromising pictures of the guy that hired Number Two.  How else can you explain the promotion of someone with no experience, let alone competence, to a position of great importance?

It’s not that I’m naîve; I’ve worked in companies that were more inbred than some Appalachian mountain towns, where sons reported to fathers, and in-laws got preferential treatment.  At least they kept their relatives who hailed from the shallow end of the gene pool in positions from which they could do no harm.

But in the case of Number Two, he’s in a position where he could do some damage.  The mere fact that he was promoted over several better-qualified candidates sure pissed off lots of people.  So not only is he lacking in expertise, he’s also lacking in allies.  After suffering through his yammerings for two days, I don’t know how he managed to pass the drug test.

I’m hoping Number Two will come to realize that he’s in way over his head, and that the Peter Principle will prevail yet again, moving him out of harm’s way.  I’m also hoping for my 401(k) to recover to pre-meltdown levels, and for the oil to stop spewing from that broken pipe in the Gulf.

Ah, wishful thinking.

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