Well Paul, they did let him 'get away' with it, cause, as I said, everyone recognized that he was designing what they were making. And this was a very large Company (Nat'l Semi). I don't think he was 'drunk' per se while he was designing, and I don't think he did it all the time, but he evidently occasionally did do it.
Regarding draconian policies, I used to work for a small company and every other Friday or so we'd have a 'wine tasting' (one bottle, 10 or so people). Nice companionable atmosphere, even the President used to show up and all the managers usually did too. Then I worked for a 'high tech' company that used to buy beer for their employees at the end of the quarter (I remember seeing them unload cases of Heinicken). So with that mind-set, I next go work for a large 'uptight' company and mention, as a new semi-senior manager, that I thought the 'wine-tasting' was a good idea and thought I'd introduce it to my group and my peers. I fortunately ran it by my predecessor in the job who told me that if I brought a bottle of wine into the building, they'd call security and 'escort me to the door' (he'd seen it happen). Whoaaaa nellie. Needless to say, I didn't do that.
It's Amino world without Chemists
Regarding draconian policies, I used to work for a small company and every other Friday or so we'd have a 'wine tasting' (one bottle, 10 or so people). Nice companionable atmosphere, even the President used to show up and all the managers usually did too. Then I worked for a 'high tech' company that used to buy beer for their employees at the end of the quarter (I remember seeing them unload cases of Heinicken). So with that mind-set, I next go work for a large 'uptight' company and mention, as a new semi-senior manager, that I thought the 'wine-tasting' was a good idea and thought I'd introduce it to my group and my peers. I fortunately ran it by my predecessor in the job who told me that if I brought a bottle of wine into the building, they'd call security and 'escort me to the door' (he'd seen it happen). Whoaaaa nellie. Needless to say, I didn't do that.
It's Amino world without Chemists