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For the Dogs
Mike Donoghue is a member of a multinational information technology corporation where he collaborates on the communications guidelines and customer relationship strategies affecting the interactions with internal and external clients. He has analyzed, defined, designed and overseen processes for various engagements including product usability and customer satisfaction, best practice enterprise standardization, relationship/branding structures, and distribution effectiveness and direction. He has also established corporate library solutions to provide frameworks for sales, marketing, training, and support divisions.
Years ago my wife and I had a wonderfully friendly and low key dog that unfortunately developed a condition called separation anxiety, where he would have a panic attack and hurt himself if he were left alone. Behavioral therapy and medication didn’t work on him, so the two of us both rearranged our work schedules and arranged for dog sitters to care for him when we had to leave the house.
At the same time, I was surveying the local employment landscape and looking for a new position when I interviewed with a software firm manager that needed someone like me and also provided a benefit I had never come across before--the ability to bring my dog to work.
As I walked around the facility, I noticed a number of friendly canines happily sharing space with each other and their human companions, walking down the hall for meetings and the like. While I decided that the opportunity was not a good fit for me or the company, I was nonetheless fantasizing about how I could use this fascinating privilege to take care of my household situation while on the job.
Pet Theory
In a survey last year by the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association, it was found that nearly one in five companies permit pets in the workplace. These findings and additional information was revealed when the group surveyed companies across the United States that allow pets …
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