Mad Men: THE SUMMER MAN – How A Woman Navigates Power
The Mad Men episode ‘The Summer Man’ brings up insights about how each woman navigates power & microggressions in the workplace.
Office capers
The Human Resources Princess
I wrote about several Human Resources professionals I’d known. A friend in the space shared it on his network which brought up some angry reactions.
P is for Printer
Now here’s a story based on a little something that happened in real life. I once worked at an office where the printer was named for the employee who was seated closest to it. It created some mirthful situations. This however, is fiction. For today’s A to Z Challenge, I…
Things I Learnt In 2007 (That Are Still True)
Things that are just never ‘right’ Things that shouldn’t but do enough work well enough Things that are sure-fire bad ideas because…trust me, I’ve tried them!
E & E Squared: Matt Beaumont – Never A Dull Byte In The Inbox
Matt Beaumont’s twin books are a delightful duo of workplace complications and lagging behind everyone else, written in epistolary format – E & E Squared.
The Mind Of A Writer
* Last year, I began a new job, an unusual one that brought together all that I’d learnt in my twenties in the corporate world and since then about social media & writing. I moved out at the end of January 2013 and wrote my goodbye email to the people…
I Style!: Big Bang Srini
A crazy work day is made tolerable by a Vulcan salute from a Sheldon Cooper fan. This is Srinivas Kulkarni (better known as Srini and the inspiration for such Sriniisms as “A Srini in time saves mine” by SWLers). For his poker-face acceptance of my announcement that he was being…
“Office Spouse”
This is as smiley as I’m going to get with you, ‘Office Spouse’!
Apna Apna Andaz
In apna andaz, I got revenge.
Don’t Rain On The Office Parade
My first week isn’t out and the high drama has already begun! Started with a marathon meeting that went on past lunch, topped by the first cold I’ve started this monsoon (aren’t they the worst?). Monday was better, punctuated as it was by an awkward-funny round of introductions with everyone…