Unfortunately, Google and Monitor are the exceptions to the rules. Even Smith's own employer, the Atlantic Media Co., "states in its Employee Handbook that sleeping, along with committing a felony and possessing explosives on company property, is grounds for dismissal."
Is napping a felony? I say when mattresses are illegal, only criminals will have mattresses. Besides, a company that makes sleeping a felony will probably also deny you other basic employee benefits, like the rights to wear your Speedo at work or raise earthworms in your file cabinet.
If management won't listen to reason, you'll simply have to take the initiative and do your napping on the down low. Literally. You could crawl under your desk, but why not take it to the next level? Peel back the carpet and slip right in. Sooner or later, a supervisor may notice your lumpy cubical floor, but by that time, you'll be totally rested and so full of REM sleep that you can vigorously deny the whole thing.
Just be careful that you don't tip your hand. Wearing your pajamas to work or walking in with your pillow and blanky under your arm, could signal to an observant manager that your plans for the day include less doing and more dozing.
While you may end up using trickery to get your rightful nap time, you could start by trying to reason with management. Point out that any time you spend napping on the job is time that you are not making expensive blunders. Also, if you are asleep, you can't play video games, or download YouTube videos of rhinos mating, or make crank phone calls to the CFO.
Here's a slogan you can use to sell the idea: "When I snooze, the company can't lose."
