Melbourne – Administration professional and pen-stealer Frank Jenkins’ performance can best be described as ‘average at best’. He is known to be offline for hours at a time on non-office days and when he is in the office isn’t at his desk for half the day.
It’s no surprise that 2024 has been particularly brutal, with cost cutting and whatever-the-latest crisis going on is wherever you look, but takes-four-hours-to-reply-to-a-Slack message Mr. Jenkins thinks the tide is turning. In a rare moment of him seated at his desk he received a meeting invite from HR Manager Suzanne Campbell with the subject line ‘Your employment’. Much to Mr. Jenkins’ disapproval of the meeting was set for 4pm today, which is usually about the time he sneaks out the side door.
He went on, “Now I won’t be home by 4:35pm. This really bugs me. But I think I’m getting praise by HR because I filled in that anonymous survey about workplace satisfaction. So I think it’ll be a good meeting.”