A BUSINESS is rethinking its morale-boosting strategy of asking staff to bring children to work after a group of teenage girls tore them to shreds.
Domine Accounts encouraged staff with teenage daughters to invite them to the office, along with their friends, to learn how a modern accountancy firm works and are still recovering from the onslaught.
Office manager Susan Traherne said: “They all know each other from Instagram. And after five minutes swapping Snapchats, they turned on us.
“They moved in a pack, acting as a hive mind, hunting for the next office item or staff member to disapprove of. There was nothing they didn’t find unbearably awful or endlessly hilarious, from the desks to the lighting to the notes on the kitchen fridge.
“Anyone who dared speak was ‘the ick’ or ‘cringe’ or worst of all ‘actual violence?’. None of them could believe how terrible it was. One girl said ‘Why would you do this when you can be an influencer?’ and glared at Mike for daring to answer.”
Senior auditor Tom Booker said: “One of them screwed up her face and said: ‘What actually are you?’ I thought she was enquiring as to my job role, but it turned out she wanted to know if I was human. That hurt.
“Thankfully they spent all afternoon in headphones, but it’s been a catastrophe for office self-esteem. But ‘Bring Your Judgemental Mother and her Favourite Tipple to Work Day’ on Thursday will be different.”
