Workplace Halloween

Well October is nearly over and Halloween is fast approaching. The time of year for ghosts, monsters and witches to come out in force. Unfortunately, as many of you know at great personal cost this phenomena is not confined to October 31st each year.

There have been reported sightings of witches and ogres all year round in many a work place. Normally happy, energetic and conscientious people have been reduced to nervous wrecks as a result of egotistical, dictatorial monsters with little or no social skills.

Reports in the national newspapers show that workplace stress and mental illness is rising as a result. But what is senior management doing in this age where they tell us “the employees are our greatest resource” and “without their efforts there is no way the company could be so successful”.

Nothing! Maybe that’s not fair. We must acknowledge they do mouth a few platitudes and offer up an occasion crumb from their ivory towers.

Never mind. In the words of the great Mexican revolutionary General Zapatta
"Eh Gringo! The revolution is coming. Viva la revolution!"