For my job, our corporate headquarters had a department that is of the same function. It’s complete BS. They have 7 people and “organize” all the units around the world in this function. They also appear to have an unlimited budget as they fly all around the world and have these bullshit “workshops” that I don’t get to attend because the same corporate headquarters has put a super strict expense restriction on my unit, so much that I can’t even get my projects done. Literally, this corporate headquarters function has done NOTHING for me and my unit. But what they do is give me all this paper pushing work I need to do every years and force me to attend meeting that aren’t helpful at all. I’d say the total time for this crap is 50 hours/year for which we get 0 value. All it does is lets this corporate unit to take credit for the work I do. Seriously, there is no need for the unit at all, much less 7 people!!!
So they want me to create a little video for this workshop and to send to senior management of the company extoling the benefit of this function, and the thing I’m most proud of. They are requiring I use my own smart phone, for which the company doesn’t subsidize in any way, to make this video. I also am not comfortable being taped. I am sensitive about my looks and don’t want a video of me.
I have a huge bonus coming in 10 days and don’t want to jeopardize it. I think even if I gave 2 weeks notice today I would still get it, but not 100% sure of that.
What should I do?
1. Do this video and be somewhat civil (maybe put in a couple digs on how much I’m limited by expense controls), but wear my sunglasses or make the room really dark.
2. Just don’t do it. This could get political. Apparently every other unit has completed this and they don’t want execs at the corporate to ask our CEO why is wasn’t done (I think the chances of this are slim, but whatever)
3. Upload a video of some birds mating and give notice to quit.
Any better ideas?