My cousin works where. they have meetings once a week. At one of these meetings, everyone was required to stand on a table, shout the comapny's name and RAH RAH RAH!!!! She refused to do so, as she has trouble with her back and didnt feel up to climbing on top of a table. She is also a VERY refined person, but she did join in the cheers while standing next to the tables. There were about 10 people at this meetng, all got up on tables except for her. I used to work for this company myself, and they did do some strange things but this a little too much. Has anyone ever heard of this? Or is she exaggerating? One weird exercise I had to do was stand with our eyes closed and allow a coworker to approach us(we would not know who it was) and lead us around the room. I was very uncomfortable with this and was very happy not to be picked, just to watch. I am not a touchy feely person. Why do companies do stuff like this? Why are people becoming so much like sheep??
2007-01-16 08:59:43 · 3 answers · asked by eastcoastdebra 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
she was written up for not participating
2007-01-16 09:31:06 · update #1
She needs to go to human resources and plead her case to remove the write up because she was part of the exercize. I wonder if the checked the weight limit on the table before they did it. That could have been one *&*^ of a workers comp claim.
2007-01-16 09:48:15 · answer #1 · answered by emmandal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they start suggesting a bonding orgy, they probably went too far.
But seriously, if you don't want to participate, you don't have to and they can't fire you. I mean, unless it's in the company bylaws that all employees must fall backwards and trust that the rest will catch them, you can back out. Just take your supervisor to the side and explain your feelings. If he's any kind of "team player" he will take your feelings into consideration and allow you to back out.
This sounds like an episode of "The Office" when the boss made everyone standoutside in the cold as a "team building" exercise.
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