Pull quote: “I always thought that those first few weeks as a new employee, when everyone told me everything and more, but no one asked me for MY thoughts or impressions, were a wasted opportunity. So when I became a department manager I made it part of the orientation process to squeeze these observations out of all new employees. I would literally take new employees to lunch and tell them that for the next few weeks, their perceptions were extremely valuable and encourage them to share with me if there was ANYTHING that we did that seemed odd, inefficient, wasteful, or stupid. Or amazing, creative, and blazingly brilliant.” - Stephen le Francoeur

Hm. Our newest employee is the director. Interesting. - Steele Lawman

Ooooh, that could be a fun game to play with the director! - Stephen le Francoeur

Yeah, our newest employee (our director) starts next week, too. - lris from iPod