I totally agree with you on both of your points. Here's my story of "promotional junk".
My ex-employer promised us a performance bonus at the beginning of last year. For every month of the year, including the month of mass layoffs, our bonus was always going to be coming next month because of the "budget crunch".
However, the severity of the budget crunch was not enough to prevent them from distributing those large foam hands with the index finger pointing up (the kind seen at sporting events and the like) with "CompanyName is #1" to every employee.
Of course, I did find a use for it, being a creative employee. I did a little "surgery" and moved the foam finger over one position and modified the text to read "Our employees are #1" and proudly displayed it in my cubicle.
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I totally agree with you on both of your points. Here's my story of "promotional junk".
My ex-employer promised us a performance bonus at the beginning of last year. For every month of the year, including the month of mass layoffs, our bonus was always going to be coming next month because of the "budget crunch".
However, the severity of the budget crunch was not enough to prevent them from distributing those large foam hands with the index finger pointing up (the kind seen at sporting events and the like) with "CompanyName is #1" to every employee.
Of course, I did find a use for it, being a creative employee. I did a little "surgery" and moved the foam finger over one position and modified the text to read "Our employees are #1" and proudly displayed it in my cubicle.
I think this is the new way that companies will do their layoffs.
Take away 50 cubicles each day, and if there's no cubicle left for you when you get to work, well, you know what that means...