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Fri 20 Jan, 2006 10:17 am
It's Kicky's nightmare ... (and mine, too)
Quote:German firm bans office whingers
"Germany is a country of complainers," says Thomas Kuwatsch.
"Some people complain about everything, the weather, the train is late, the coffee is bad or they whinge about high fuel prices. If you go to India, they're happy if their train arrives at all. We complain about stupid things in Europe."
Mr Kuwatsch works for an IT company called "Nutzwerk", which is based in Leipzig.
It is a small firm, which employs 16 people. But there is something that distinguishes Nutzwerk from other companies.
Employees can be fired if they are caught complaining in the office.
It may sound absurd, but employees have a clause in their contracts which states: "moaning and whinging at Nutzwerk is forbidden... except when accompanied with a constructive suggestion as to how to improve the situation".
[..] The ban on whingeing is taken seriously. So far, three employees have been dismissed. Two workers had been given repeated warnings, and one woman chose to go voluntarily.
Read on...
I would have been fired sooooooooooooooooooooooo long ago.
Hmmm... having worked with some world-class whiners I have a tiny bit of sympathy for the clause, but I think it should at least be: ""moaning and whinging at Nutzwerk is forbidden... except when accompanied with a constructive suggestion as to how to improve the situation, or unless it is done in an at least somewhat entertaining way. Superlatively entertaining whingers get raises."
But really, that ain't right, and I doubt it will get them the results they're going for.
Aah, I changed my mind and wanted to add the poll below, but I only got as far as four options before I got the message that you can't edit a post that's already been replied too ...
While they're at it, they should also fire people who:
- Insist on beaming "Good morning!!" to you when you just came in at dark thirty in the morning
- Propose a company retreat, go survivalling in the woods or something, to improve company morale
- Relish any opportunity for conference calls - yay, turn on the speaker so everyone can listen along to how important I am!
- Use words like 'synergy', 'win-win situation', 'good practice' and 'tools and strategies' more than once in a meeting
I'm sure I could have come up with more, too...
Lets face it, a workplace shouldnt be complained about.
if it is worth complaining about then there is something seriously wrong with th way the company is run.
Even 10 minutes ago I was struggling to stop myself from posting yet another thread on how this place is sh*t and how it really winds me up.
material girl wrote:I would have been fired sooooooooooooooooooooooo long ago.
Me too!! Several times over....
I'd kick over the water cooler, smash all the computers, jump on the desk and rally a world wide workers revolt!
Then i'd go get a six pack and the classifieds.
This is for real, nimh?
Look happy, slave! Or else!
Good grief, next thing they'll be wanting to tell folk about what they're allowed to do in their spare time!
"The beatings will continue until morale improves...."
Nuts-work? Sounds like a porn-hosting company.
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