As if tyger wasn’t already a sour-faced kitty today, we’ve just had a round of memos from our illustrious new leader informing us that our desks must be spotless, we must be punctual, and that email/internet use is strictly “business only.â€
Anyone would think the new Chief Executive was under the impression that we’re a bunch of shiftless bastards. What I want to know is: who told him?
So from next week tyger will no longer be able to post from his lunch hour, and that no doubt, will mean far less activity on tygerland.net. I suppose we should be grateful that we haven’t been neutered to prevent inter-office liaisons (something that might increase the productivity of at least one guy in my office), ordered to have paintings of our ‘leader’ on all walls, and forced to wear our employee number on our shirt… still time yet I guess.
If the guy bans cups of tea or gets rid of the water cooler, I’m going to call a strike and stand at the entrance shouting slogans, stoning scabs, and frying sausages. The miners knew how to have a good singsong; I’ll draft a few of them in.
I actually thought this kind of management was dead in the water, haven’t hundreds of books been written demonising practices such as this? It’s as if the moon landings never happened.
[tyger clearly needs a drink]
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You haven’t been taken over by Rupert, have you ?
Grrr I’m furious Richard. If he had only put his head around the door and said “hi.” The memos were our first contact!
It’s rather like him stomping in and urinating in the corner… “this is my territory”
I was always very impressed by the ‘Greg Dyke’ management style - but look what happened to him !
If he had only put his head around the door and said “hi.†The memos were our first contact!
That only shows what type of character the guy is. I’d say if I were his boss I’d demote him to cleansing hand.
To bear the responsibility of an enterprise one must have what it takes.