What I’m Hearing…Monday Morning Fun

Things have been busy here at Astron, so I’m a bit behind on my leisure reading. This weekend I enjoyed last week’s Time Out New York. One fun feature in their I, New York section particularly caught my eye – The Formula. This issue’s formula is “I’m worried I’m about to get fired! How can I know for sure?” The writers at TONY have determined that your risk of being fired is directly related to how much you IM at work, if you have personal relationships with co-workers, the Dilbert-ness of your boss, and the amount of overtime you put in. The Formula is definitely amusing! If only more things in HR were so quantifiable.

What I’m Hearing…The Cubicle Police

We’ve all dealt with them. Co-workers who do things that annoy us while we’re trying to be productive. But what can we do? Rules of polite society prevent us from speaking our minds.

In the current issue of Time Out New York, they decided to do go where we can’t. Click here to enjoy an amusing article where TONY’s police officer Laura Leu combed the hallways at ad agency Young and Rubicam to tackle Internet surfing, smelly lunches, animal décor, and joke forwarding. Have fun, and take comfort knowing you’re not alone!