Wednesday, January 28, 2004
re: personal electronic items
attention all employees: it has come to our attention that there has been some improvisation in the cubicles as far as non-company santioned electronic goods, including personal desk lamps, radios, and even personal coffee makers. the inappropriateness of all of this and all that it implies stuns your board, professionally and personally. like a parent, there are things as a boss that you don't expect to have to hear yourself say. while we encourage individuality, particularly through popular programs such as the beloved annual 'let's express ourselves! day,' we don't feel we should have to elaborate on the inappropriateness of having music in your cubicles. winkyshock is, first and foremost, a business. what you are expected to do here is to conduct business. not 'rock out' to your favorite tunes. what image would it project to a client calling here expecting to speak with a highly trained professional, and instead hearing blaring music in the background!
and desk lamps. we at winkyshock pride ourselves on providing ample artificial light. the management takes additional light sources as an unplicit criticism.
along the same lines, there is no reason we can think of aside from sheer laziness or snobbery that an employee would use a personal coffee maker instead of the generously provided high quality models on each floor.
all of these items chip away at the intangible concepts of community and teamwork.
they are the very building blocks on which this company is founded. any astrayance can only cause the kinds of blocks that don't build but, rather, block.
please, let's limit our additions to inspirational quotes and images. your management recommends animal photographs and scenes of nature, but, as always, when "you" motivate "you" with what motivates "you," we're all motivated as "us!" remember, a motivating quote can "brighten" your space more than any team-destroying lamp ever could.
attention all employees: it has come to our attention that there has been some improvisation in the cubicles as far as non-company santioned electronic goods, including personal desk lamps, radios, and even personal coffee makers. the inappropriateness of all of this and all that it implies stuns your board, professionally and personally. like a parent, there are things as a boss that you don't expect to have to hear yourself say. while we encourage individuality, particularly through popular programs such as the beloved annual 'let's express ourselves! day,' we don't feel we should have to elaborate on the inappropriateness of having music in your cubicles. winkyshock is, first and foremost, a business. what you are expected to do here is to conduct business. not 'rock out' to your favorite tunes. what image would it project to a client calling here expecting to speak with a highly trained professional, and instead hearing blaring music in the background!
and desk lamps. we at winkyshock pride ourselves on providing ample artificial light. the management takes additional light sources as an unplicit criticism.
along the same lines, there is no reason we can think of aside from sheer laziness or snobbery that an employee would use a personal coffee maker instead of the generously provided high quality models on each floor.
all of these items chip away at the intangible concepts of community and teamwork.
they are the very building blocks on which this company is founded. any astrayance can only cause the kinds of blocks that don't build but, rather, block.
please, let's limit our additions to inspirational quotes and images. your management recommends animal photographs and scenes of nature, but, as always, when "you" motivate "you" with what motivates "you," we're all motivated as "us!" remember, a motivating quote can "brighten" your space more than any team-destroying lamp ever could.
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