This Week's Assignment:
Tell us your experiences that take place in the realm of "human resources".
This American Life, Episode 350: Human Resources
The true story of a secret room in the New York City Board of Education building. Teachers are told to report there instead of their classrooms. No reason is usually given. When they arrive, they find they've been put on some kind of probationary status, and they must report to the secret room every day until the matter is cleared up. They call it the Rubber Room. Average length of stay? Months, sometimes years. Plus other stories of the uneasy interaction between humans and their institutions. Broadcast February 29 - March 2 on This American Life.