Form HR-1, discovered in a cave in what is now southern France, represents humanity’s earliest known encounter with bureaucratic overhead.

HUNTING PARTY HEADCOUNT JUSTIFICATION FORM

Section 1: Position Details

Position/Job Title: Brog

Salary Grade: Meat share, same as before. You know this. You give meat share.

Department: Hunting

Location: Where animals are

Position Type: ☒ Full-Hunt ☐ Part-Hunt ☐ Gather-Only

Replacement or New Role? ☒ Replacement ☐ New Role

Previous Employee Name: Brog

Date Position Became Vacant: Day sabertooth kill Brog. You there. You see. You run fastest.

Section 2: Business Justification

Why is this position needed?

Brog dead. Tribe need eat. Hunting how tribe eat. Need hunter. Baby understand this.

How does this role align with strategic goals?

Goal: not die from hungry. Hunter help goal. Same goal since always. Goal not change. Why you ask?

What are the risks of not filling this position?

☒ Operational delays — Hunt go slower with less hunter. Mammoth not wait for us “right-size” hunting party.

☒ Safety concerns — Last hunt, Brog get eaten. NOW YOU WORRY SAFETY?

☒ Compliance issues — Winter come. Winter not accept excuse. Winter eat tribe if tribe not eat first.

☐ Revenue impact — What is revenue? We have meat. We have berry. We have not-dead. This is all.

☒ Other — THAG NEED EXPLAIN WHY HUNTING TEAM NEED HUNTER? YOU HAVE ROCK IN HEAD?

Section 3: Budget and Financial Impact

Is this position included in current budget?

We not have budget. This word mean nothing to Thag. We have pile. Meat pile same size always. New hunter get share from pile. PILE ALREADY EXIST. You know pile. You count pile.

Estimated annual cost:

One hunter share meat, same as Brog had. SAME. AS. BROG. You write this down when Brog join tribe. Why me write again? You lose rock tablet?

Funding source:

…animals we kill? You think meat grow on tree? Berry grow on tree. Meat grow in animal. Thag must explain food chain now?

Describe any cost savings:

BROG. IS. DEAD.

What “savings?” We not save Brog. Sabertooth save Brog. Sabertooth have Brog now. This is opposite of saving.

Section 4: Recruitment Plan

Preferred start date:

Before tribe starve. Thag flexible on exact sun.

Internal candidates considered?

Tribe have twelve people. You know twelve people. They all have job. Mook make fire. Bree watch baby. Krog old, he sit. WHO INTERNAL CANDIDATE? Krog old, he sit. Bree have baby. Mook make fire. ALL PEOPLE HAVE JOB ALREADY. This question ask Thag to make hunter from rock?

External recruitment required?

Yes, other tribe by river have strong hunter, he maybe join if we offer good cave spot. YOU ALREADY KNOW THIS. He at last moon gathering. You trade him berry.

Special skills required:

Run fast. Throw rock good. Not get eaten.

Same skill since always. Run fast. Not die.

Hiring urgency:

☒ BROG DEAD ☐ Low

Section 5: Approvals

Hunting Manager: Thag. This Thag. Thag approve.

Chief: Chief say “Thag, we need more hunter, Brog dead.” Why Thag need explain to you what Chief tell Thag? YOU WERE IN CAVE. YOU HEAR CHIEF.

HR Approval:

This you. You run fast from sabertooth. You run less fast from paperwork. Why you approve you? Why form ask this? Thag head hurt now.

Elder Council:

Elder say “tribe need eat.” This not new information. This information since tribe exist.

FINAL JUSTIFICATION STATEMENT

Brog good hunter.

Sabertooth eat Brog.

Now Brog not hunter.

Brog not anything.

Brog in sabertooth.

We have same number hunt, but less hunter.

Need make number same again.

This not “justify.” This just… counting. Baby can count. Krog old, he count finger. You need form for count?

Why this hard?

Thag go find hunter now. You keep rock tablet. Make you happy.

Attachments:

☐ Resume ☐ References ☒ Brog tooth (all that left)

Thag mark X here: X

Sun count: Many sun. Too many count. Thag try count yesterday, run out of finger.

Form must be submitted in triplicate. What is triplicate? Thag not care anymore.