At work
There's four full time 'People Team' (HR/Recruitment) employees for a relatively small company. I wouldn't have a problem with this, if they did anything useful (getting them to do anything practical like help you sort a problem out or actually recruit anyone is... well... challenging).

What they actually do is organise subsidised stuff for our 'Social Club', which they then inform us about with about three All-Staff emails per day.

This does make it a good company to work for, in principle, but there's a theme to the events they organise...

- Aromatherapy
- Massage
- Get your nails done
- Get your lashes done
- Tanning
- Homeopathic Consultations
- Waxing
- Acupuncture

Slightly piqued at this, I one day dropped the head of HR an email asking if they could possibly organise some events that might appeal to:

a) The 50% of the workforce who are men
b) People who had a vague comprehension of medical science

I received a reply telling me not to send rude emails to HR, and a pamphlet on alternative therapies.
(SnowyTheWereRabbit the Leporid from Hell, Thu 2 Sep 2010, 13:37, 4 replies)

Sex discrimination.
I wonder if this sort of action - providing disproportionate benefits in terms of things women would enjoy - is legal.
(speedevil, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 12:30, closed)

I'm a woman
(I know I am I've given birth to boys)and I wouldn't enjoy a quarter of wots on that list
(Bernardate, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 14:00, closed)

Report them to the Pope
He can still have witches burnt at the stake can't he?
(itsOnlyGoingToGetHairier, Fri 3 Sep 2010, 17:03, closed)

Complaint
I think I would have fired an email back to HR asking them to book Ben Goldacre for a chat on alternative therapies.

:-)
(jdharding, Sun 5 Sep 2010, 21:53, closed)