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Mandatory surprises
Sep. 30th, 2004 01:12 pmMy employers have no sense of timing.
At 12:45 we got a memo announcing some staff resignations, which I already knew about because I have good spies.
At 1:10 we got a memo calling us all to a surprise mandatory meeting. Now if I didn't know about the reason for the meeting, I would be drawing some very fatalistic conclusions.
They meant the meeting to be a surprise but I know about it (refreshments will be paid for by petty cash), C knows about it (went to store for same), G knows about it (sent the memo), J and GL know about it (did the A/V setup). Presumably somebody in Buildings knows about it (chair setup). Some surprise. I think maybe 25% of the company hadn't heard before lunchtime.
At 12:45 we got a memo announcing some staff resignations, which I already knew about because I have good spies.
At 1:10 we got a memo calling us all to a surprise mandatory meeting. Now if I didn't know about the reason for the meeting, I would be drawing some very fatalistic conclusions.
They meant the meeting to be a surprise but I know about it (refreshments will be paid for by petty cash), C knows about it (went to store for same), G knows about it (sent the memo), J and GL know about it (did the A/V setup). Presumably somebody in Buildings knows about it (chair setup). Some surprise. I think maybe 25% of the company hadn't heard before lunchtime.
