Favouritism

The place where I current work has an Employee of the Month scheme. Management (4 members) as are supposed to vote on the best worker. But this doesn’t happen…
Usually only the main boss chooses and it’s invariably the boss’s favourite who wins rather than the most productive employee. And the boss’s favourite is almost [...]

Setting The Wrong Tone

I was five minutes late. It didn’t go down well with the power hungry new team leader. The proof was in that fact that I was publicly roasted and humiliated.
Not that there was much point being on time because all the phones had gone down – and to ice the cake, the computer system collapsed [...]

A load of bollocks

The fact that the office of the building firm I work for is completely open plan is annoying when I want to take a snooze, but does present some unique opportunities for amusement.
A few weeks ago for instance, we all witnessed a young man hurrying past our desks, looking harassed, and nervous and most definitely [...]