I've done a lot of reporting on prisons, and I remember that a common act of protest involved inmates throwing feces at guards. (I believe monkeys do it in zoos, too.) I'm thinking of this because I've just received another e-mail related to Cherry Hill's 'Poopgate' mystery -- this one involving the Asbury Park Press."It's amusing/sad to read about the wanton acts of floor-pooping in the bathrooms of the Courier-Post 's office,'' the reader says. "I wanted to chime in and say that a similar trend happened at the Freehold bureau of the Asbury Park Press when I worked there. A number of incidents popped up in 2006, always in the men's room. Basically some guy -- or maybe it was more than one -- would jam one of the two toilets with wads of toilet paper, defecate on top of that, and flush. This would usually flood the bathroom and cause a horrible mess."
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What your saying is pooping on the floor of the restroom is a passive agressive way of saying you're unhappy in the job you have? or unhappy with your boss? or with your pay? or with the bozo's your forced to work with?
ReplyDeleteWell there is going to be a many craps taken on bathroom floors all across Gannett land!!! I just had Mexican for lunch so I've a quite a brew ready the floor as well.
It's actually really vile but none the less funny. Think this happens in other businesses? I have a hard time thinking it does.
Here's the deal: you tell the H.R. people you're seriously contemplating suicide because of the regular beratings top editors send your direction...and nothing happens. I mean NOTHING happens.
ReplyDeleteYou find a new job. You write in your exit interview specific instances of what amounts to employee abuse in the newsroom (and the eventual thoughts of suicide)...and nothing happens. You make sure your exit interview gets in the hands of others in higher up Gannettland. (Because you know it won't leave HR's office in your newspaper.)
You really believe something is going to happen. But, it doesn't.
Suicide schmooicide. Really, what's the big deal? If only we had known it was pooping on the floor that could get some attention.
HA! I know someone who went to our HR department saying that management was driving her to a nervous breakdown. HR's response? "Yes. We hear that a lot from people here and it's not right. But unfortunately that's the way it is. You should think about finding another job if you find the environment to be too stressful."
ReplyDeleteSadly, in Gannett, H.R. is not an advocate for the people (as it should be), and part of the checks and balances necessary even in publicly traded companies.
ReplyDeleteIt's just a black hole to protect the ogres. Or sure, H.R. staff will listen and feign compassion, but if you want action ... not going to happen.
The group H.R. Directors are the hit men / women of the group publishers. They'll even lie; it happened at our site.
If any of the publishers had performed as poorly as the CEO and senior executives of this company during the past year, they would have been fired. When is the board of directors going to check the "needs change" box on their performance evaluations, instead of rewarding them with more stock and higher salaries?
Let's make Friday, Feb, 22, a Gannett-wide POOP-IN! We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore.
ReplyDeleteCall it Soil-adarity!
ReplyDeleteThe H.R director in our little Gannett Black Hole, spends more time talking about people than the National Enquirer, it is really pathetic!!! The Directors really need direction......they all suck! Nothing professional about the one I work for thats for sure. I'd like to poop in front of both of their offices after eating 5 boxes of exlax. Another happy, appreciated, dedicated and overlooked gannett employee.
ReplyDeletePoop away. An anniversary to behold.
ReplyDeleteHow about bringing Don Stinson, VP of Advertising back? We can create a special section for the Jersey papers.
New Jersey...The Poopgate State.
HR...the blackhole of mindless, suffocating people. No direction, no rudder, no passion, no honesty, and no ethics.
ReplyDeleteSpin the tale, and weave the web.
But not on overtime.
Hey HR:
ReplyDeleteKeep this in mind, "What comes around goes around."
You, too, "Managers!"