Office Pawlitics….
April 24, 2008
Our office at Camp Bow Wow corporate is “dog friendly”. That means that at on any given day there are 10-20 dogs milling around the office! Who knew that dogs would create their own office politics and antics just like us human folk? Fancy wood baby gates are set up at each office entrance to keep our “kids” inside their own space. There are treat jars dispersed throughout the office and lots of dog toys to trip over during a tour of our facilities. Water bowls are placed strategically - and the mailman and fed ex guy ALWAYS have treats in their pockets as they make their way to the front desk! Beau and Jackson have some serious puppy resentment towards each other as they try to get the office dog alpha ranking, Scout - our vicious 3 lb furball - barks to alert the rest of the pack of any human entrants into the space. Buddy has his set up under Greg’s desk and ventures out only to alert Greg to get the heck back to work at his desk when he leaves to attend a meeting! Kaya has her own cube - and Sophie prefers to trail her gal Miranda as she travels from meeting to meeting throughout the office. Jason is our Top Dog of the office and resides at the front desk with his human Connie - we know if vendors are a good addition right away by watching Jason’s reaction! Emmitt and Scarlett - our Training Mgr and VP Ops pups - are always on the lookout for new folks on the second floor to give some serious sniffs to - and Lola is definitely our office athlete jumping the gates like hurdles on an Olympic circuit! She also has an affinity for detecting any “trash treasures” in our office! : ) Quigley, Priscilla and Elvis are our resident furry Guide Dogs helping our franchisees and always have lots of wags for visitors to the second floor!
Some visitors may think we have “gone to the dogs” but we feel like having our furry friends around during the week days alleviates stress, forces us to stop and “sniff the roses” a few times a day and always brings a smile to the visitors to our office. We’ve found that typically a vendor that comes in that does not feel comfortable in this atmosphere is probably not someone we would doo doo business with!
I wish everyone could bring their furry friend to work with them like us- what a better place corporate America would be!
