General Boy’s Office Policy - Team Building
Over the months and years I have been here, I have participated in several team building excercises, and where possible, embraced espirit de corps. When presented with retirement cards for some spotty old man in Spatial Relations I have never exchanged a single syllable with, I have gladly added some non-committal parting words. When the chubby plain girl with no personality from Asset Management went on maternity leave, I threw a few gold coins in the zip lock bag along with everyone else. I have bought rounds at the pub when rounds were bought for me.
However, one recent event has made my position abundantly clear, and I can only thank the person responsible for bringing this to my attention. In light of this information, please be advised of a general cutback in generosity and goodwill affecting all staff, effective immediately.
The donuts you all scoffed on my recent birthday are the last you will ever see from me, and the cash I contributed for my right to sign dozens of cards will no longer be forthcoming. In fact, please do not even present cards or collections to me in future.
As a gesture of my independence, and to reduce the obviuos burden I place on the organisation, I have also commenced bringing my own tea bags and milk to the office. Although this hasn’t been raised as an issue, in light of recent developments I feel the need to be proactive. Further to this, I also withdraw from the office Xmas party lest someone complain about me “sponging” by virtue of consuming free liquor. It’s only fair and reasonable I should do so. Might I also that if I want to see a drunk biker chick slut flash repeatedly, I will go to a titty bar. At least I am unlikely to bump into any ex-employees there. Still, if that’s how she pays indirectly for her “free” xmas drinks, then I guess everyone wins.
Finally, except for the handful of individuals I have come to know as friends, and would gladly spend out-of-office time with, fuck the lot of you.
Would love to know what prompted this. Did they switch the coffee supply from a machine to instant? Do you have to bring your own toilet paper/pens? Did they crack down on Facebook use?
A few years ago an extremely unpopular employee was leaving my office, and they were passing around the card and envelope of cash for contributions. I hated this person so much that I took cash out.
Ahhh Fanny, I’d love to tell you, but that would be giving far too much away ;).
As for Ferkbook and MySpazz getting blocked, they did that ages ago. It only bothers the whiney little Gen-Y kiddies who think it’s their “right”, and since the ones in this office are largely self infatuated and unimaginative, it makes me rather happy to watch them sulk.
Now taking money out of the collection… that’s GOLD!
Ohhh some of this is soooo familiar! Yes, screw them, I say. Whatever prompted this, I’m sure is something beyond the acceptable. And don’t start me on the maternity leave presents… like I give a toss when I’m only there for a short time.
A friend of mine who’s a contractor at a large institution, told me a story when their PM got everyone together for a meeting and told them that for cost saving measures, only full time employees are allowed to drink water from the cooler and use tissues. She was the *only* contractor in the group. She started brining in her own pens and paper. Some people should be lined up at work and used as a dart board using company-provided pens and pencils.
Cléa : when you are there for a while you kinda weaken and get drawn into all this crap… partly because you actually make friends with people. You also don’t want to appear like a penny pinching miser, so you go along with it. When you discover they are happy to accept all your contributions to corporate well being and participation over time, but then deliver some petty policy specifically targeted at you, and counter to that, it rapidly changes your outlook.
I am laughing about the water cooler because I can see that’s next. Probably want to charge me for boiling water soon as well. No problem… I’ll just stick another $5 onto my hourly rate and buy hot beverages from the coffee shop. Solved.
Thank God my workmates r pretty normal..lol!
Keshi.
I am soooooooo glad I don’t work in an office! LOL
I don’t know what spawned this, but screw ‘em, GBoy… especially if YOU brought everybody donuts for YOUR bday… wtf?
Keshi… workamates mostly fine… it’s management that’s fucked. Same old story though, huh?
LB: Next birthday, that’s if I am still working there, I’ll buy a box of donuts and walk them around the office to my FREINDS, then sit back down at my desk and EAT THE REST MYSELF!!
I am normally a total Motivation Seeker ( if you subscribe to that branch of Psychological theory ), and am content to show up, do what I need to do and leave. The work and the money is enough for me and I’ll do my socialising in MY time with the people I like. But after a couple of years you get a bit “comfortable” I guess. Thank Jebus I spend more time working in the Southern Office than the City Office… keeps me sane.
Just poppin’ by to say I hope you’re well & having very happy holiday season & wishing you all the best in 2009!
*hugs*
Wishing you a fabulous 2009 Gboy, and the return of TWT in the New Year!