Quality Leadership. Not.

This is the kind of message we get from our friendly neighborhood Vice President of Human Resources:

I have heard that there is some anticipation regarding the company meetings this week. These meetings are the normal quarterly company meetings that we hold every quarter. They were delayed and then scheduled at the last minute. Since [the CEO] won't be here, [some chick] is doing the scheduling for [some dude]. I apologize if this has created some mental anguish or confusion.

This is the same guy that "investigated" me. Eloquent fellow, ain't he?

Maybe I'm being a little nitpicky, but it just seems unpolished. Although the delivery of this news is about on par with the delivery of every other piece of news about the company (actually, about the pending acquisition). But they so very kindly handed us some little booklet about how to deal with our feelings as the merge/acquisition takes place.

Forget this glossy crap that some smooth talker is making a fortune off of. Just write me one coherent memo or, for the love of god, use Powerpoint to make your presentations at quarterly meetings instead of Word docs. Quarterly meetings which take place in a giant echo-y warehouse, with industrial fans blowing. Because we can hear, especially when you don't use a microphone.

Or how about we get a raise, a little hazard pay, now that we're handling Schedule II controlled substances?

Just a thought.