Dear HR Emergency Officer, l am writing to announce the fact that I've discovered a new cure for insomnia. For years I'd been deprived of a good night's sleep despite all the flocks of sheep I'd used to count, all the relaxation techniques that I'd tested and the gallons of herbal tea I'd put through my system. And as usual, the treatment was lying at my fingertips. It seems that there is no better environment to catch up on a good nights' rest than a conference room...

"My desk is my castle"

Dear HR Emergency Officer,
I am writing to share a rather unpleasant experience from this very morning. I arrived in the office to discover that several objects had disappeared from my desk. At first I thought that ...

Workplace violence

Dear HR Emergency Officer,
I am writing to you to ask if I am not making a mountain out of a molehill. I have recently moved from the city suburbs to a flat closer downtown. We'd wanted to economize on commuting, so we bid farewell to our old accommodation. I'm now exploring the neighbourhood trying to ...

LESSON X
"In the act"

LESSON IX
"Keeping flu at bay"

LESSON VIII - After Summer Blues

"A hidden agenda"
Dr: So what is this appraisal politics?
HR: Since when have you been greeting your patients by bombarding them with questions from your very threshold?
Dr: Since you promised to expand on the topic of appraisal politics.... For heaven’s sake, close that door, make yourself comfortable and enlighten me.... I’m dying to learn some details...

Cross-cultural summer language workshops for teachers, organized by NaukaBezGranic.

LESSON 4. "Closing the ranks"

LESSON 2. "Vaccuming the personal bubble"