ONBOARDING / 04 / FRANK
internal documentation from Product Classification: a desk is cleared faster than policy allows
May Season Studio Archives
by Gintare O.
preceding file: Onboarding / 03/ Parking Lot
Frank did not come in Monday.
Frank’s cube was across the aisle from Genny’s, one row over from Blake’s. Frank had been at MSS for eleven years. Frank was the kind of employee who had, at some point in his career, been recognized for his contributions in a company-wide email that Karen had printed and put on his cube wall, next to the printout of the style guide Karen had drafted. Karen had put the printout there. Frank had left it up.
Frank was Karen’s usual target. Frank did not do anything wrong that Blake did not also do. Frank simply attracted a specific kind of attention from Karen that Blake did not. Genny had watched this for four years and had never worked out the mechanism. Something about Frank’s posture, maybe. Something about the way Frank apologized before he had finished being corrected.
Monday morning Frank’s chair was still pushed in. His monitor was off. His plant, which was a small aloe he had brought in from his home, was on the corner of his desk. His coffee mug from Friday was still where he had left it. The coffee had a film on it.
Karen did not stop by his cube. Karen did not mention him. Genny had never seen Karen leave a Frank workday alone. It was the first thing off about the week.
The second thing was the email.
