The Workplace

[Schneed10]

And my last of three consecutive posts. This week HR made it mandatory for everyone in the office to attend a seminar: Violence in the Workplace.

They showed a video explaining the "continuum of flashpoint responses". They've got a damn term for everything these days.

So in the video they show these little skits of certain employee interactions that eventually lead up to conflict, and then stop it to talk about at what point is best to intervene and try to cool the situation down. This one skit starts with this shady looking guy in the office constantly making eyes at the pretty, meek receptionist. Then some time passes and she receives flowers with a note, which she then reads, and makes a horrified face. But they never let you - the audience - see what the note said.

At that point I mentally checked out. I turned to my colleague and said "this is just poor directing, naturally once she made that face the audience is going to want to know what the note said. I can't take this video seriously now."

Anybody here work in HR? How do you sleep at night knowing everyone hates you and thinks your entire career is a waste?