Misinterpretation...
Or a purposeful misunderstanding? Several of us terrorist in the office put our heads together the other day regarding the heightened security measures and here's what we came up with. Once a year we are forced to answer a questionnaire regarding how well upper management is meeting our needs. The questions are predetermined (of course) and seldom address the true issues and are extremely ambiguous.
One of the questions was, "Do you feel secure in your job?" A large number of people answered no. It was a simple yes or no question. The questionnaire did not ask why people felt insecure. Heaven forbid that it was due to the large number of layoffs taking place at the time.
Anyway, the results were interpreted to mean we felt insecure in our jobs because of all the subversive, postal-type perverts breaching security into the inner sanctums of paradise. So now we have all this elaborate security equipment that's more of a nuisance than anything. Well, there goes our raises for the second year in a row.
posted by Nankin at 2:14 PM
2 Comments:
Nan,
I think you've nailed it! But is your management really so dense that they would misunderstand the concept of "job security," vs. "workplace security?"
Well, the way you've described your management, maybe they are. Imagine their puzzlement if they send around a follow up survey with similar questions and learn that after all that expense their employees feel LESS secure!
Isn't the collective minds of administration a wonderful thing? It's like they live in a different world, and in a way, they do.
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