Doggone jobs

How many times have we moaned that it?s a dog?s life? No, we?re not commenting on supermodel Naomi Campbell?s New Year resolution to pamper her three dogs (to inevitable obesity and fashion fatigue).

How many times have we moaned that it’s a dog’s life? No, we’re not commenting on supermodel Naomi Campbell’s New Year resolution to pamper her three dogs (to inevitable obesity and fashion fatigue). Nor has the optimism that comes with each fresh year been busted within its first week. It’s just as simple as the fact that life is a bitch unless you are a dog — that is, if you want to work in a particular company in north China.

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The Jiln Jiagshan Human Resources Development Co. Ltd. has taken the Chinese zodiac calender so seriously that it has decided to hire only those born in the canine year (which is also this year’s lucky mascot). The dragons may spew fire and the snakes might hiss, but this time round, it will be the dog barking off its head with joy.

So what will happen this year in the company of dogs? We forecast that the company in question will discover that it has bitten off more than it could chew. There could be a rabid obsession among the employees to bare their teeth at each other (their wagging loyalty towards their employer does not mean that they will bear competition). And, at the end of the zodiac year, all the dogs will have to turn back with their tails between their legs. For the doghouse will have become a pigsty.