Lighter side: Hey, I love your shoes
December 31, 2009 by Jim GiulianoPosted in: Behavior, Communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
We know you’ve been waiting for it, and here it is: Managers list the nine screwiest requests they’ve received from employees in 2009. Pay particular attention to the last one.
The comes from a CareerBuilders survey of 2,900 managers:
- Install a tanning bed in the break room.
- Put beer in the vending machine.
- Allow jail time to be covered under family medical leave policy.
- Put in a special smoking area for medical marijuana.
- Permit employee to work only during daylight hours because of fear of the dark.
- Give employee more time off to pursue side business as a clown.
- Let employee replace his desk with a futon so he can work lying down.
- Hold the next team meeting in Hawaii.
- And our personal favorite: Require the HR manager to wear nicer shoes.
Tags: CareerBuilders, HR, management
December 31st, 2009 at 5:11 pm
Not sure why #8 is strange, seems pretty normal to me. I am constantly amazed by companies and Government agencies that no matter how bad business is, have the management meet in luxurious places for annual meetings. I’m not jealous (I hate out of town meetings anywhere they are) I just can’t understand why they can’t meet in a hotel conference room in a central location instead of a posh resort. And of course the main focus of the meetings will be “how can we save money?”
January 11th, 2010 at 10:59 am
GTS, I think you’ve expressed that very well. I would not have been so eloquent with my verbage, but I whole-heartedly agree with you.
January 11th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
GTS: They don’t really mean “How can WE save money?” They really mean how can YOU save money so THEY can spend it foolishly elsewhere on stuff that THEY want.
January 11th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I like number 8 the most, I’ve gone off site several times for team meetings. But living in Chicago some of them have been cold in January. So number eight isn’t so far fetched.
January 12th, 2010 at 11:27 am
“HEAR HEAR” to all!
January 13th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
I kinda’ like 7 and 8 — but only if they can apply to me!
January 13th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
How can you say no to a clown? Then you end up with a sad crying clown in your office, and no one wants to deal with a velvet painting come to life!
February 10th, 2010 at 10:15 am
A smoker wanted us spend a few thousand dollars to build a shelter to protect her from the elements while she took smoke breaks. When told that she could smoke in her car when it rained, she said she didn’t want to stink it up.