- November 11, 2009
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Medical Marijuana Rooms and Bikini Fridays? Hiring Managers’ Most Unusual Workplace Requests
You may recall a season two episode of “The Office” in which Michael Scott starts a suggestion box for the employees of Dundler Mifflin. Michael encourages his employees to submit their “constructive compliments,” and at the suggestion box meeting, one of the first suggestions from the box reads: “You need to do something about your B.O.” Things go south from there.
CareerBuilder recently asked more than 2,900 hiring managers about the most memorable employee requests they’ve received in the office suggestion box. To say the results were “interesting” would be an understatement.
The most memorable suggestion box requests:
- Allow people to change clothes in their cubicles
- Add a tanning bed to the break room
- Put beer in the vending machine
- That jail time be covered under family medical leave
- Institute “Bikini Fridays”
- Be required to work only during daylight hours because employee is scared of the dark
- Create a special smoking area for medical marijuana
- That the HR person wear nicer shoes
- More time off to pursue side business as a clown
- Replace employee’s desk with a futon so he could lay down and work
- That the lactation room with gliding chair be used for naps, so everyone can use it
- Install a swimming pool for employees to use
- Have the team meeting be held in Hawaii
So… what are the most horrifying memorable requests or recommendations you’ve received in your office suggestion box? Can you top these?
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With a college degree and a low credit score, what type of jobs should I apply for? Are there any companies that do not use credit score as a basis of selecting candidates? My credit issue is due to many factors and unfornuately I cannot fix it without employment.
It depends on what industry you are in, either finacial or anything in the banking industry they are going to be the most harsh on your credit score however many things on your credit report are now considered explainable and I am sure some companies have probably lowered their credit standards. My best advice is to not cut yourself short, apply for any position you are serious about because in this economy you may have to fill out ten for every one interview you might get.