I find this memo a little hard to believe. It is allegedly a memo from eBay management saying things like "It has come to my attention that several employees are talking at their desks during scheduled work hours. I must convey the importance of NOT talking at your desk, or to your desk partner. Talking greatly decreases work productivity, and company morale." Company Morale??
I know the blogger community is talking about it, but I'd like to see more evidence that Jody Rivers is the Safeharbor Manager and really wrote that. It's just too outrageous to be true. Although Dilbert has made a career out of these types of incidents so who knows...