Executives' queer habits and extraordinary hobbies trouble some employees who have to share the interests with their bosses. One well-known recruitment website researched this matter and posted its results just to focus attention on this aspect of corporate life. Yoga classes in the morning, skateboarding on Friday, raw food diet, after dinner meditation, document circulation in accordance with Feng Shui or feeding the director's beloved ferret may become an integral part of working routine if support staff is privileged to work at the command of a person with unconventional philosophic commitment or other art-house predilections which most commonly are considered to be eccentricity. There are some complaints of respondents describing their bosses' unusual demands: "Everybody is to follow Feng Shui rules and attend corporate Yoga trainings at 8 a.m. given the fact that I have to bring my children to school at 8-15 a.m."; "My immediate superior puts my desk at different corners of the office space. She explains it as impulsive drive for improvements. I have to get accustomed to a new working place every month."; "Our boss studies Japanese and occasionally speaks to the employees in Japanese placing them in an awkward spot as nobody understands him. I feel all the staff will have to attend language courses in a little while"; "Our leader director is a hardcore gamer. To mend fences with him you have to be an insider and spend a lot of time playing computer games. "My leader chief is fond of rock-n-roll and it's not very serious as I like good music as well. It is my hobby, too. But he believes that he is smooth when he sings and plays the guitar. His favorite gimmick is singing rock-n-roll hits to a guitar at corporate parties. Between his vocal is far removed from enjoyable"; "Our department head is a real candy girl. When she has enough time to drop in the confectionery in the morning she brings much tasty treat to the office and entertains everybody with all kinds of chocolate, cakes, pastry. She usually takes offense at anybody who refuses making a feast of sweet staff with her. What should I do if I am inclined to put on weight?".
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