What has your CEO done for you lately?

Remember how I mentioned that the CEO at my new place makes it a point to meet individually with every single new hire?  Mine was today.  He's a really young down-to-earth guy, and one of his ulterior motives is to squeeze information about of us about our first impressions and get any criticisms we might have with this place.  He's incredibly open to suggestions/criticism/whatever.

The only thing I could think of to say was about the vibe of the various sections of the office.  This company is growing really really fast, and everyone used to be up on the 5th floor together.  We've bled down to the 4th floor (which is where I sit), and it's mostly all of us analysts and the Help Desk, so we all have a tendency to put our heads inside our computers with headphones on and not interact.  My comment was: "The 4th floor is a little quiet.  It would be nice if it were a little more lively or social."

He looked at me sideways, and said, "What if I gave you a couple of hundred bucks to throw a party down there?"

Me: "Haha!"

Him: "...."

Me: "You're serious?!"

Him: "I'm totally serious.  You know how to submit an expense report, right?"

Me: "Yeah...?"

Him: "Well, either go buy whatever and we'll reimburse you, or just have the receptionist order it for you, whatever you want to do."

Me: "You're serious."

Him: "Yes. Totally serious."

So, whoa!  And you know how I like to plan dumb parties.  The theme is easy: when I accepted this position, the director guy in our group (who is really funny and will tease/cut you down [lovingly]) sent out an announcement about me joining the group.  But...he decided to research me a little before he sent it out, and found this picture on my myspace profile:



...then proceeded to forward that to about 30 people (people I hadn't met yet) saying...

I've included her hero shot from her myspace page below, just because I think it's pretty damn funny. Sorry Halee - Google can quickly turn from friend to foe. Welcome to the team!

Which was followed by...

Halee, welcome to the team!!  If he just completely insulted you (understandably so), please see the attached flyer for new job opportunities.  Your picture resume already proves a great fit!  I just received this email today from a friend of a friend who is casting for this:

"hey guys, question for you san franers...i have to cast up there on the 24th for this wwe diva search and i need extremely hot girls-think maxim, stuf, playboy, etc.. 18-27 ish. i'm attaching the flyer so you have a good grasp of what we want. anyways, if you know of any model/talent agencies in town or where the hot people hang out, i'd appreciate it. OR, if you have anyone that you know would want to try out, awesome. it's $100,000 and a year contract with the wwe. thanks for your help!"

So these people are already marginally aware of Worst T-Shirt night.  And they best start preparing themselves for Worst T-Shirt Night II, if you know what I'm sayin'.