[O- Fender]

Things used to be great. Then the company was taken over by a large corporation.

There's one manager at work that wants everyone to spend less time online yet gets upset if his emails are not answered within twenty minutes. He also has asked me several times if I'm on facebook and obviously spends company time on it.

People used to be able to pretty much come and go as they pleased, as long as the work is done. People would be at work by 7:30 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays so they could take Friday afternoon off. Now that has changed. People are in as close to nine as they can be. Friday afternoons are pretty much spend "clearing out emails", the code word for secretly going online. The place is empty at five minutes to nine and people start clearing out at five minutes to five.

The CEO of the company doesn't like clutter. So desks have to be neat and clutter free at all times, no drawer left open even a crack. This also includes no shelves (filing cabinets only) no clocks on the walls, no pictures, awards or paintings on the wall and nothing personal on your desk and no TV's (and we are a tv station).

The CEO was coming to town to inspect the place and the brown nosers went into overdrive getting rid of anything that resembled clutter. A lot of office equipment was tossed then later it was announced (like it was a treat) that we were getting new equipment, like we didn't know that perfectly good stuff was thrown out.

The brown nosers really went all out on this visit, you'd think the pope, queen and dalai lama were coming. They were actually giddy and walking around whispering "He's here, he's inspecting the parking lot." and "He's here, he's getting the tour of downstairs." You should have seen them panic when I leaned back in my chair and put my feet on the desk. I thought they'd chuckle and see the joke but I guess that was nothing to laugh about.

There's more but I think I'll start my own thread.