Unbelievable Workplace Events 2005

It's been a while since my last post. Found myself very busy with the small stuff of life. That doesn't mean that there was nothing interesting to write about. I have a large list of things that caught my attention over the past few weeks. Let me start here - Challenger, Gray, and Christmas released their Most Unbelievable Workplace Events of 2005. My favorite is their review of a German company with a "Whine-Free Policy." The rule, it seems, is "two whines and your out." It appears that some workers have left and others have been fired for breaking the rule. I suggest that you take a minute or two and read about the other unbelievable events by opening this PDF.

So, my questions to you is this...What unbelievable policies have you come across in 2005? Leave a comment.

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It's true! I've been playing every day for the past few months. No, I haven't been gambling my money away or playing a pick-up game of basketball or even picking my numbers for this week's powerball lottery. What I am doing is registering to win a business book or two or maybe four from the team at InBubbleWrap. What! You haven't heard about the website sponsored by 800-CEO-Read. Every weekday, excluding the weekend, the website gives away a business book and all you have to do is enter the drawing. Quite a few people win each day...maybe even up to 24 winners. Even though I thought that this website was a very creative idea, I wasn't going to write about it until I won. If ever I won. Well, I won the four books in the Tom Peters Essentials Series...and I recevied them in the mail yesterday afternoon. And they were all InBubbleWrap.