"Between the coffee station and the sink. Out of shipping pallets and packing tape. Engineering says it’s a 'fire hazard.' Linda from accounting says it’s 'the only thing keeping us from civil war.'"
"A literal wall?"
"You built it because you felt unheard. I get that. But walls don’t fix silence. They just give it a place to live. So here’s the deal: we take it down together, and then we build something else—a real two-way feedback process. Weekly. Anonymous. Acted upon." employee relations episode 2
The HR office, 8:45 AM. The coffee machine is sputtering. JANET (45, pragmatic, seen it all) is reviewing a policy manual. Across from her sits MARK (28, earnest, new to the role). The phone rings. Janet answers. "Between the coffee station and the sink