The situation your wife was in is an example of corporate insanity, it doesn't mean that every company has to operate like that, does it? I'm pretty sure that's

The situation your wife was in is an example of corporate insanity, it doesn't mean that every company has to operate like that, does it? I'm pretty sure that's going overboard in any country. Also, some countries have saner laws than others. The problem I see with not having rules is different: it can only work when you have people who actually care about the results of their work, and feel that they can make a difference. I think it can work (see Semco for example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maverick_%28book%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maverick_%28book%29) but only with carefully selected people and with conscious effort to foster such culture.