Intercourse among workmates

Today I took an interview from our future employee. We need superman for purposes of intergration some prohram systems. CV corresponded to reality. Competitor was a woman. She realy knew thing which described in her CV. She wanted to learn new technologies and to spend free time to analyze our actual state of affairs.

After an interview my chief asked me: "What do you think about the competitor? Can she replace a retired man? Can she DOES the same job? And can she DOES the same job as good as a retired man?". The latest question was very difficult for me. In condition of our job's chaos, in condition of our secrets of doing work, in condition of small management radius... I don't know what previous man did at work!!! YES! I saw his job description, but I don't know what he did at all. And now I don't know what job will be for new emloyee. It's a secret.

It's difficult to work, where situation looks like a circus: clowns (workmates), wild animals (bosses) and rope-walker (me). Imaginate: me in the air, above the cage with clowns and animals, and my main goal is don't fall into that cage. Every day action repeats.

I don't know why I haven't direct chief. I don't know why bigbosses instead of real work assign other type of stupid work. I don't know why some employees don't come to work. Today I accidentally learned about maternity leave of workmate. I think it's not as secret as atomic bomb to say every week about main goals at work, say about news in the department and in the organization, ask news from our life...

What do you think about real intercourse among workmates?