Thursday, December 10, 2009

Cube Disease

It is general knowledge, most employers have the same general layout when it comes to office environments, cubicles for most, offices for VP's and C-suites. Given this prevalent rule of thumb, it is amazing to witness people breezing through corridors only speaking to those in offices...Huh...REALLY?

Example:

Employee A had been a label executive in a previous life. When they hired on here, we only had cubicles available, no big deal, new kid starts where they start. Employee B begins corresponding with Employee A via email regarding various projects and deadlines, seems as though things are clipping along...until Employee B flies into town (on their broom)! When Employee B sees Employee A seated in a cubicle, icicles form and the ice age is upon us once again! (I neglected to mention Employee A was seated directly across from the office of Employee C). From that day forward, Employee B would fly into town and treat Employee A like Employee C's assistant!! If it weren't so truly obnoxious, I swear I would have stood right there and wet my pants from laughter! Fortunately Employee A had a great sense of humor, the patience of a saint, and wanted to ride it out for a little bit.

Flash forward, Employee A has now been promoted and moved into an office...three guesses who breezes into town and now meets and greets like they had never met before??

Moral of the story...cube disease is a stinky perfume, nobody wants a whiff!

And we're off...