Office Culture

[tony620d]

anyone else here sick of this office culture? maybe you know what im talking about.. a group of personalities that are basically full of it. the constant gossip about people behind their back, then a friendly face to their frontside? the jabbering about BS just so the speaker hears himself. inflated egos. hyper-competitiveness aka 'i can draw better than you'. im sure its different everywhere. just seems there's a very HIGH degree of it (BS) here.

[morea]

HA!!! Sounds like you may have worked the same place I did... but fortunately I got the hell out. You're not in NY, are you?

Two faced bunch of gossip mongering, back stabbing, slackers. Yup. I worked with them.

Sadly, that is everywhere. Makes it fun for those of us who actually go to work TO WORK, doesn't it? Pfft. Yeah, don't get me started.

[defjoe]

you will never get away from it unless you freelance and still then you will have to deal with it on some level or another.

[G-Man79]

Amen for this thread. As I type the two nags who work near me are complaining how their boss doesn't treat them right.

NEWSFLASH: NO ONE CARES! TAKE IT TO THE LUNCHROOM!

Sorry for the caps. Anyways, the one in particular just goes on and on saying things like "How was I supposed to know?" and "I'm not taking the blame for this." Hello!?!? It's your pancaking job to know what is involved with your job! IDIOT! On top of that she's 60 and dresses like she's 20. Disgusting and completely inappropriate for the workplace.

It's unbelieveable what people think they can say/get away with at work. There are millions of unemployed people that would love to have this nag's job and she just complains and complains until 5pm. And she talks absolute bolix about her co-workers and when they're face to face, she's all buddy buddy!

ARGH! Shiver me timbers...it's time for annoying coworkers to walk the plank!

[Drorain]

...or take the plank...maybe they need to get some

[morea]

What used to drive me crazy would be the half dozen people standing around chatting instead of doing their jobs (but it was ok, because they were "friends" of the supervisor).

In the mean time, I would be doing 3 people's work trying to keep us caught up, and would have to raise my hand to ask if I could go to the bathroom. WTF?!?

[greyghost]

Oh, I have soooo been there. And hated it.

It's corporate culture, yes it is. May all the backstabbers be one day stabbed in the back (hard) and the gossipers have all their gossip come back to bite them (hard).

[tony620d]

morea, youre kidding about the bathroom, right? i would drop'em and pee in the trash can. haha!

its a shame, that grown-ups in an office are really no different than high-school clicks. i think id like to moon the office on my last day.

[morea]

not kidding about the bathroom. Not kidding about worse, either.

If you weren't a supervisor's lapdog you would be written up if you punched in one minute late. You were not allowed to punch in more than 3 minutes before the start of your shift. Considering that about 30 or 40 people all had to clock in at the same time, whoever ended up at the end of the line was invariably late. That was a miserable place.

[morea]

want to talk extremes? Here are more examples from that same place of employment (taken from this (http://www.graphicdesignforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8552) thread):

when I got married, my ex and I worked for the same company - he was a pressman, so we weren't even in the same department.

He was granted time off for the honeymoon, but they told me that I was needed and so I couldn't have the time off. I guess they figured he could send me a postcard or something...

These were the same bastids that asked me to postpone a surgery that would determine if I had cancer for a few months because they didn't want to be shorthanded during our busy season. YES. Really.

[tony620d]

thats insane, morea. you should watch 'fire me please'. that show is hilarious. the people have to get fired the same day they start, before 3pm. the closest one to get fired before 3 wins 10grand or something.

freelance is sounding better and better everyday.

[Crimson]

Are we gossiping when we talk about our backstabbing co-workers that don't do anything when we aren't being to productive ourselves complaining about them on this thread (probably on company time). I understand what everyone is saying so I say it ironic.

The devil is my advocate on this thread.

[Ghastly]

These were the same bastids that asked me to postpone a surgery that would determine if I had cancer for a few months because they didn't want to be shorthanded during our busy season. YES. Really.

Christ almighty!!! That Morea is awful :(

[Drawing a Blank]

LOL at Crimson; yes the irony is thick isn't it.
Corporate culture sucks here where I work. We don't do things acorrding to specifications we do them and then alter the specifications afterwords to fit the finished product. Here is a portion of an email I got this morning:

"To comply with a recent CAPA, we need to change our artwork A1215 to match what the vendor has been sending us and we have been accepting in receiving for the past three years. The Arabic text on this artwork currently calls for white print. Please change this to PMS 1205C Dune Beige which matches what the vendor is providing."

Asking the printer to provide us with product that meets specifications is just crazy thinking I guess. Oh and asking the receivings department to open their eyes when receiving merchandise seems to be asking far to much as well.

Dumbass mother****ing losers

[Eraser Nubbin]

What really gets me is when you end up in one of those offices where there appears to be a bit of a power struggle between two opposing factions, and being the new guy they invariably try and recruit you to there side.
On one hand you get to know everyone pretty quickly from the amount of mud throwing that goes on in a place like that, on the other hand you get pretty one sided opinions on everyone.

[morea]

Are we gossiping when we talk about our backstabbing co-workers that don't do anything when we aren't being to productive ourselves complaining about them on this thread (probably on company time). I understand what everyone is saying so I say it ironic.

While I may be on company time, my work is finished.

[paulrandfan]

I have the opposite. It's DEAD quiet in here. No one talks, communicates or collaborates...it's different from what I'm used to....

[GreenThumb]

Oh boy,


Banal office culture was my BIGGEST reason for starting my own agency 4 years ago. Now, we just play Daytona whenever we want (we have a 4 seater arcade in the back of our office) and make poop jokes all day long.

Im bever gonna expand past a 6 person design agency. *Fingers crossed*

[CatintheHat1]

not kidding about the bathroom.

I had a supervisor once, when I was in my early 20s, he used to follow me to the washroom and stand outside the door...when I came out (I usually bumped into him, cause he was in a little entry way for the washrooms) he'd ask if everything was alright and why did it take me so long!! hahahaha

Cat

[tony620d]

when the secretary talks about a girl looking 'cheap' as she sports foot long roots in her hair and a horrible complexion, i just have to laugh.

crimson - this is not gossip, just a observational fact. not to mention asinine behavior that leads to these kind of threads. so kindly get over yourself ;)

[morea]

he'd ask if everything was alright and why did it take me so long!! hahahaha

I wasn't going to play "raise your hand to go to the bathroom"... I would get up and go. And if my (male) boss stopped me and asked me where I was going, all I had to do was say the magic word and he would turn on his heel and disappear... the magic word being, of course, "tampon".

You could always tell him that you are afraid that you are constipated because you aren't getting enough fiber... that should shut him up.

[Leelou]

Sometimes I think it might be easier to use the restroom in a gas station down the road - the office manager at my job posted this on the restroom mirror after several complaints: http://www.defarge.com/notice.jpg. Nasty!

[morea]

eew.

There were two separate incidents at our old print shop where someone left a little pile of poo *behind* the toilet instead of in it. The manager had to go in and look and confirm that it was, in fact, human feces, and then arrange for its removal. And this was also in the "ladies" room.

What the hell is wrong with people?

[Eraser Nubbin]

Man that is so gross.
But you guys haven't seen nuthing unless you have worked at a truck stop-gas station. These guys could turn a washroom into a regular shit swamp in a matter of minutes.

[Patrick Shannon]

Here's a good one in line of these stories.....this happened today:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050624/ap_on_re_us/st__louis_fire

One of my clients came from that area and said they were clearing out businesses and homes from up to ten blocks. Apparently while others were evacuating the area on their own accord, one business told their employees that if any tried to leave, they would lose their jobs. It was only when the cops showed up that they finally let everyone go for the day. Sheesh......