  Ugh. Almost midnight. Still at work. No end in sight. And if you know your employees are going to have an exceptionally LONG day in the middle of months and months of long days, what would you do? Most of you can probably guess the obvious answer: Hold four heats of hamster races in the middle of the afternoon and waste a good hour of productive work time. Best of all, as we played out this elaborate Kentucky Derby today -- complete with horse-race music and wagering and food and alcohol and half-hearted cheering -- 38 people from two other divisions in the company were hauling their personal belongings past us in boxes because they'd just gotten laid off. 
