I found out today that my boss is throwing around the idea of doing a company calendar - featuring his female employees.

I work in a business that's male dominated...I don't have all the details yet, but I can only imagine...

Oh man, how would you feel about this?

Have they seen this????

Disgusted. Unless the calendar includes males too, I feel it's inappropriate for work.

johnart said:

You dork.

JustErin said:

JuliePurplehead said:

One of my co-workers and good friend is all over it, she was totally egging him on. She thinks it's great and picked her month already.

Me? I'm not so sure about this...

JustErin said:

after I got the calendar, I'd probably be feeling with my hands...

Ladies only?

DISCRIMINATION! DAMMIT!! I want my furry ass up in the November spread!!!

and throw in some of the beloved office equipment too, just for good measure! Like the favorite copier or stapler...

Orgers would buy the shit out of a JustErin calender though... jus' sayin'

roodboi said:

ugh.

RenHoek said:

NOTED! I'll be looking for it if ever an Org Calendar comes up.

my husband did a calendar..wasnt thru work but it was the men of springfield...A town we lived in...

RenHoek said:

The idea scares the shit outta me.

tinaz said:

We live in a Springfield. I don't think we have any calendars.

gross.

I couldn't imagine why someone would want an all girl calendar for any other reason than to get their jollies. I'm sure something like this would be against company policies.

Don't get me wrong, my boss is the coolest mofo ever, that's why I'm not fully understanding this idea...

JustErin said:

I've had cool bosses and if they suggested something like this I'd pull them aside and explain why it was a BAD idea.

Of course, I'm always looked at as a puritan at work.

JuliePurplehead said:

From what I heard (second hand) everyone (ok, the men who discussed this idea) thinks our customers would love it.

CarrieMpls said:

Well, technically he hasn't said a word to me about it yet so I'll have to see. It just doesn't seem like him at all to even suggest this...he met with his managers this week...I can see them saying something like this, but not him. It's very odd to me.

Erin, you need to be the voice of reason and tell your boss that if anybody is gonna distribute questionable pictures of yourself, it's gonna be you...online...on a prince fan site...for a bunch of people you dont know...

roodboi said:

Fuck you.

I wouldn't have a problem with it. Virgin have already produced an all male calender it was wild!

This will suck for all the NON-HOT girls at your job Erin.

I would refuse to participate - right to privacy or something like that. I had to have my picture taken for inclusion in our company's monthly e-newsletter and I HATE HATE HATE having my photo taken, let alone having it floating in cyberspace. I talked them into letting me hide behind a Prince album so you can only see my eyes. I don't like the idea of letting all sorts of people I don't know see my face, name, where I work, etc. Living in NYC and working for a company that interacts with a lot of people I don't want to take any chances having random guys know too much about me.

JuliePurplehead said:

i obviously don't know where you work, but i can't imaginr the higher-ups at too many companiesw being in favour of this. it just screams 'BAD IDEA'.

Tacky, exploitive, and reeks of the perverse fascination we have with everyone trying to find way to get 15 Minutes in front of an audience. More than that, unlike sites where you consciously choose your own image and who gets to see it, those calendars end up in the hands of God knows who. Once you sign the release form for the photographs to be taken they can be used for whatever purpose deemed fit by whoever ownership goes to after this os over. Think twice, Mama, and make sure tis won't be some bullshit to come back and haunt you. Anything beyond you sitting in full-on designer garb behind a power desk or against an solid color editorial style backround... I would be very wary of

Well, i guess before i formed an opinion i'd have to ask what the proceeds were going towards? Is it benefitting the company, or are the proceeds going to some charity? I mean if it's a breast cancer benefit calendar or something along those lines, i wouldn't think it was a bad idea if done tastefully.

If I worked at a company that did this, I probably wouldn't participate, but I wouldn't have a problem with people who wanted to.

What kind of company is it?

JustErin said:

generally it's a much better marketing idea than one with pictures of guys, but I'd say that verges on a lawsuit type of suggestion