Contracts

Last week’s blog was a little bit of a rant and is something that I try not to do but at the same time I had reached a point last week were I just couldn’t take it anymore and I needed to vent, but let’s not dwell too much on what has happened and move onto this week’s topic.

This week’s topic came to me because of two things, one being that a friend of my other half announced to everyone that she was dating her boss and the other reason was while I was re-watching an old anime series called Martian Successor Nadesico (Nadesico).

So you might be asking yourself what does an anime series and two people getting together have in common with this week’s title contracts, well for me to answer this question I first have to give you some background information on both these topic’s.

First up we have the two that have just announced to everyone that they are now dating, which normally means that everyone should be happy for them but at the same time it can create a headache for others. The reason that this has created a headache for others is because of these two positions within their work and that is they both work in the same area of the business while handling with cash at the end of the day. I should also make the point that this two both work within management with her being this assistant manager.

Now the reason this has becomes a problem for them is the fact that when cash starts to disappear at the end of the day even if it is a little bit the two of them could be accused of stealing money from the company. You could turn around and say that the site manager does trust them but if money does start to go missing, no one is going to believe his word at the end of the day.

Which leads me to why an anime series would be used to link two people dating, the first thing that I want to point out is that this is an anime show which is set on a space battleship called the Nadesico and it follows the crew as they fight a war while at the same time looking at their relationships with the rest of the crew. One said relationships that takes centre stage is between Akito Tenkawa and all the women that are attracted to him but what the anime does point out right at the beginning, when they are recruiting their crew is for them to review their contracts before signing them which they haven’t done.

You might want to disagree with me but think about of all those programmers on your computer or any new programmers that you have installed onto your computer. Those all have contracts that you have to adhere to, or you could take a contract that you have signed which you were unsure about some of the details but still signed it.

Now to get back on to topic, after everyone has signed their contracts you find out at the end of episode four that within the contracts they cannot fraternise with anyone on board the Nadesico.

If we now go back to where the two have announced that they are dating one another and they had a contract like the one in Nadesico, it would stop the situation that has appeared. I should also point out that I don’t agree with these contracts because at least 15% of us meet our partners while at work.

Yes I am happy that these two did get together but just think about what you are agreeing to when you sign any contract in the future but when it comes to work, how long will it be before companies do decide to state that we can’t fraternise with the opposite sex while at work?  

Until Next Time