I replied to this posting, whatever I observed from it. Please don’t take my views as against to any one or don’t consider me as a supporter of superstition.
It seems that your friend is too elergitic to the prevailing company policies and hence exagerated the things. I don’t think that any management of a company having international visitors will prefer to wash its office floors with cow dung.
No company having bussiness with MNC will have 1st generation computers. Even those computers will not work properly / faster to coop up with the present time requirements. Accumulation of dust on the office equipments is due to negligence / poor maintenance by HR & Admin officials.
As an employee, one should not object to the poojas, invitation to saints etc. by the employer, in to the premises. Even during 90s one of our Indian Presidents also believed in a lot of poojas / poojaris while in office.
If the Marketing Head does not like to do circles around the temple, then he should think for a route to escape. Others should not bother on it until any harassment by the employer is involved.
Regarding assignments / increments, it all depends upon the management and financial situation of the company.
My suggestion is that leaving a job is not an option. If we think that we are more advanced than others in any field, then we should implement these qualities in the practical field and try to educate others. It also can not be achieved over night, we should have patience for it.
Regards.