I work it a swanky office just off of the main lobby of a large Office building for one of the oldest companies in town (been in business 53 years - and still have employees here that started 53 years ago). Not only is the company OLD, 1/2 of the employees are past retirement age, the average age is 44 (approx. 1300 employees), and the image is OLD.
3 years ago several areas got a MAJOR upgrade (HR, the main lobby, the cafeteria...); big bucks were spent on reflooring the whole building and paint. The powers that be decided that our image needed to be refreshed and brought into the 21st century. I have to say that it looks amazing with finely decorated walls and tile, glass walls and greenery. HOWEVER ~ there seems to be a major place that got overlooked or either they ran out of paint...
THE RESTROOMS!
Seriously ~ the lobby restroom is closest to my office so I go there when I need to. I walk through this gorgeous lobby and am immediately transported back in time - into an 80's style high school bathroom. The walls are a depressed gray/beige, the floor tile is a tan/beige, the stalls are a gray/beige, the vanity is an old chunky wooden deal and there is a huge obnoxious-looking, truck-stop-looking Tampon dispenser hanging on the wall just as you walk in! Sometimes, if we are lucky, there is a cover on the paper towel dispenser.
Can you say Ghetto?
I shake my head and wonder what visitors think when they go in there. If it's anything like what I think then this company has done a piss-poor job of updating their image.
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