A rescued kitten at a fictional building site has been promoted to supervisor after demonstrating an instinctive grasp of watching somebody else carry the heavy thing.
Within hours of arriving, the newcomer had selected a warm location above the workforce, inspected several deliveries without assisting and made itself unavailable whenever paperwork appeared.
The contractor described this as unusually rapid management development. Previous recruits had needed months to learn that a meaningful site visit can consist of looking at a wall and then leaving.
The kitten's first instruction was to occupy the plans. Workers welcomed the clarity, although it temporarily prevented them from finding out where the remaining wall should go.
Its approach to meetings has also been praised. When discussion becomes repetitive, it falls asleep in full view of the participants, providing a level of feedback unavailable under the company's existing culture survey.
There are concerns about punctuality. The supervisor arrives whenever it wishes and expects its working area to have been prepared in advance. Management said these issues were already covered by the director's contract.
The kitten has been offered a permanent role subject to a probationary period. It has countered with a requirement that everybody else remain on probation until they demonstrate consistent access to food and the ability to open a door promptly.
