would this make you a happy worker?

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Yahoo! 2014:

In an elaborate photo shoot that took place at an offsite at the Cavallo Point Lodge in Marin County, north of San Francisco, she cast all the top staffers as characters from “The Wizard of Oz” and made them pose for a poster in full costume, since it was to be the theme of the upcoming employee holiday party.

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The effort cost $70,000, according to many sources, and caused some level of consternation among staffers. “It was very embarrassing, but Marissa thought that it was the way to make employees in Silicon Valley happy,” said one person there. “We really could not argue.”

source: Marissa Mayer’s Convoluted Yahoo Strategy | Re/code