“While it was the most professional-seeming place I’ve ever worked, it was cold. Almost nobody associated with anyone else after work. Very few conversations that were not work related. “
Actually, as an employer, that is what you want. As a labor relations manager, most of the problems I had to deal with (EEO, grievances, arbitrations, NLRB complaints, etc.) started as gossip, personal conflicts, socializing, evangelizing and jokes. Sad to say, but true in my experience.
LOL, you really don’t even hear yourself anymore, do you.
“Actually, as an employer, that is what you want. As a labor relations manager, most of the problems I had to deal with (EEO, grievances, arbitrations, NLRB complaints, etc.) started as gossip, personal conflicts, socializing, evangelizing and jokes. Sad to say, but true in my experience.”
I remember seeing an interview with a German about his experience in the Hitler Youth. He said that most conversations were tense and went something like, “My, aren’t we having a great time here at youth camp.” People were terrified to say anything that could get them in trouble. A guy told me a joke, you would have thought it was a drug deal. “A man has Tom Jones disease. Doc, is that serous? Well, it’s not unusual.” He was actually sweating by the time he was done. The experience reminded me of stories told by somebody I knew who escaped from Soviet Russia.
This was the place where I was almost written up for an overheard conversation in the cafeteria at lunch about concealed carry. I got an embarrassing talk from a VP that the HR lady considered it unacceptable “offensive” talk.
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