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Date Posted: 13:19:37 11/07/02 Thu
Author: Thomas Kamir
Subject: subversive tactics

Fresh out of college I worked in the art department of a Party Ware Manufacturer, Contempo Colours formerly Beach Products in Kalamazoo Mi.

My experience was one of utter disbelief in the way the department operated. Our motto was "beatings will continue until morale improves" It was common practice to be "pulled aside" once a week for mundane violations. Such as, "you came back a minute late from your break" or "don't ever EVER use the word assume." The management was notorious for choosing one young individual a year to humiliate and demoralize to the point of resignation.

One fateful day it was my turn to encounter the wrath. I received a frantic phone call from my boss who was in N.Y. setting up our corporate booth at the national party show. This individual was panic stricken because she had not yet received a box of mocked up party ware requested earlier that week. I told this person no request was filed, given to me or even discussed She yelled and ranted for 20 minutes that a request was filed and they expected the products there the next day! Reluctantly, I agreed to box and FedEx the items that day.

A few days later while emptying my "in box" I was shocked to the core by finding the work request. There under 15 other papers was the request for 30 items to be mocked up for "party show". Typically when a work order was made it was to be discussed with the designer and a due date assigned. No meeting or discussion ever occurred prior to this "emergency". I cross checked the cc folder with the department secretary for all work requests. I found that an alledged copy had been made (forged), DATED AFTER MY BOSS' RETURN!! Who knows when this request was put in my box.

This individual went out of their way to orchestrate a lame attempted paper trail only to justify the rant and rave episode that they so melodramatically played. AVOID THIS COMPANY!

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