Thursday, December 14, 2006

What a difference

Today the building had its own little “winter social” in the main lobby downstairs. The building owners regularly host various little events for its tenants. I was going to pass on this one considering yesterday’s disappointment, but some coworkers urged me to go take a look because it was quite impressive. More importantly, they had some good grub laid out free for the taking!

So I went. Oh my god what a huge difference from my own company’s sad efforts. Here’s a nice table sumarizing how much of a contrast there was:

Company “Holiday Event"	Building’s Winter Social
Apple juice and soda in plastic litre bottles	Hot apple cider, fresh coffee and 12 different kinds of tea inside large silver dispensers
One store-bought cookie per person, and maybe 12 bites of cheesecake	Endless scones, cucumber tea sandwiches, salmon and lox on crustless rye bread, apple squares, lemon bars and sushi rolls.
Employee volunteers handing out food items in measured portions	Sharply dressed servers carrying silver platters to refill the buffet tables of food
Various employees with more enthusiasm than talent singing Christmas carols	A jazz trio playing live music
People standing around in a tight area wondering what to do and where to go	Various little tables tastefully arranged around the edges of the room for people to gather around and socialize

Am I being a greedy party snob? Absolutely. I wouldn’t make such a big deal over this whole thing if the company had not, over the course of the entire year, emphasized over and over again how important we are to them and how they really do care what we think. They can make this point until they’re blue in the face, but actions as simple as cheesing out on the party budget will always speak louder than any company policy. I despise hypocrites and two-faced smooth-talkers. If the company is poor this year, fine, be up front about it. Don’t feed me all kinds of bullshit to paint a rosy picture, only to pull the rug out from under me. It’s really disappointing and makes me lose faith in the employer I was once so proud of.

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