While we would always encourage harmonious relations between employees – we have to say that when the boss is watching – things don’t always run that smoothly.
Like in any walk of life, people can rub each other up the wrong way when personalities clash. Of course in the JOE office we all think the sun shines out each other’s respective derrières, but we know that this isn’t the way in all office environments. Far from it in fact.
From time to time, matters have to be resolved by HR when relations between the employees deteriorate so badly that a) it is getting out of hand and affecting work productivity and b) it begins to affect others.
A warning letter is common practice when one of the parties is behaving in an unacceptable manner, and while we can appreciate these matters need to be taken seriously in the most part, at times it be just downright hilarious to see some of these ‘incidents’ written down in black and white. We came across this letter is dated from last October, so we have no idea how things panned out, but it makes for an interesting read to say the least.
Take your time to scan down on how David has been causing distress to poor old Simon in the office. I mean, if anyone in the JOE office had been glueing seashells to our desk, we’d be banging on the HR door immediately. And calling Simon ‘Bob the Badger’ as well as pretending to answer the phone as Simon himself? Throw away the key.
As we said, not all working environments run as smoothly as ours, but thankfully we don’t have any ‘Simons’ working for JOE. Well, not anymore…
It seems to us that this could well be the work of David Thorne, who is known for similar works of art that can be seen on his website www.27bslash.com. Either way, it makes for an entertaining read.
Hat-tip to Darren Hughes on Twitter for sending this gem our way, making this story our JOE’s Eye story of the week, in association with Magnet.
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