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Toxic workplace hall of shame: Gantz-Wiley research firm

Dateline:1996.  So I did a couple years in the employee survey & assessments divisions as an office drone at NCS, they later changed their name to Pearson. Long nasty commute across metro Minneapolis, esp. in the winter. Wasn't doing much of anything there but make friends in and out of work with an intense, successful sales guy, and borderline enemies with a high strung drama rager sales rep named Caroline. One day, the latter called in sick with some drama, same day she was to fly to San Francisco and help Dr. David Campbell, a well-known psychologist (i.e., Strong-Campbell interest inventory) host a seminar, of which NCS was a publisher of his various assessments. So they sent me out there in her stead, the flight was a few hours away. Hurried home, back across the city, packed a satchel, drove all the way back across the city to airport, flew out to SF for a couple days. I sat in back of room whilst David explained his theories. On breaks I offered his books, tape...

Part 1 of 4: Winston-Salem, NC. Tobacco lofts, jazz history & verbal abuse

Part 2 of 4: Winston-Salem, NC. Hot dogs, random rentals & the project from hell

Part 3 of 4: Winston-Salem, North Carolina. My own place = calling 911 twice

Part 4 of 4: Winston-Salem, NC. 1 year with God. More verbal abuse!

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