Trouble in The Office

Wish Ko Lang

We all want a pay raise, a few more weeks of paid vacation, and the elusive corner office. But sometimes, the simplest things can make the most distraught employee the happiest little worker.

Some suggestions I picked up from conversations with the Office-mates:

1. Free Bottomless Gourmet Coffee. I found out from a classmate that Smart Telecoms actually has this kind of perk in their office.
2. Free Weekly Back Massage. Was already planned by HR for their Wellness Month but never pushed through. Budget constraints, I suppose.
3. Venting Room. A manager from the support groups thought this up. It was the answer to “Don’t you wish you could just lock yourself in a room and scream?”
4. Free Parking. Mere bottom-dwellers that we are, parking rates at P120 a day are excruciating.
5. Napping Quarters. Trying to get fifteen minutes of undisturbed naps in the cube can be tricky. It’ll be nice to have an actual bed with comfy pillows.
6. Relaxed Internet Policy. Cutting-edge marketers need to do real competitor spying. Ibalik nyo na ang Friendster!!!
7. Free Use of the Media Room. How does Surround Sound and Personal Movie Screen sound to you? Just book a laptop, a projector, a nice DVD, the conference room…
8. Jeans or Better Uniforms. The current get-up makes us look like bankers, teachers, SM salesladies…nothing wrong. But I’ve expected more from a beauty company.
9. Downstairs Nursery. When everyday is Bring-Your-Kid-to-Work Day, it’s a good place to keep hyperactive children away from dangerous objects, like me.
10. MP3 players as Christmas gifts. Yes, Kuya, I am so jealous.

posted by Elyss @ 5:34 PM