Then, What Are We?
I previously posted a link to The Corporation in the entry for the "Second 100 Days."
We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not an on-coming train. The recession should end this summer (another jobless one) and we should see some relief as jobs - corporation jobs - start thawing 4Q2009 or 1Q2010.
I looked up the definition of pyschopath, because I had the nagging notion: if corporations are "psychopathic" as the documentary states, then what are we?
I remember getting cups, shirts, shoes, jackets and T-shirts from my former corporation - the one that laid me off in 2003 and started this blog. I remember one instance realizing I had NOT bought a single stitch of clothing for myself in quite a while. I was a walking advertisement, and just as happy to tell people in the mall, passers by "I work at..."
When I got laid off, I looked for something LIKE what I had, same pay, same type of cubicle, same hassles, same 60 - 70 hours per week.
One such instance: I received (I'm dating myself) 120 pages in a single day! Exasperated, I went into my manager's office: "Which ones are priority?" I asked. His answer: "All of them!" I of course asked what if I choose the wrong one? His answer in Dilbert-esque "pointy-haired boss" fashion: "It would be your fault, then!"
I was also threatened with my job on a Friday afternoon that had me working until 9:30 PM to get a ROM code to a mask shop. Mind you, the IT guy and I had never processed a ROM code for a DSP part before. It didn't matter: if I failed to get the order processed, it would be "my fault" again.
Seemed I never had money even though I made good money. I spent it as soon as the raise was approved. The vacation, the new gadget, the gizmo was what I kept online orders and shipping companies tasked to get those orders to me - quite busy. I haven't tasked them in some time and the economy slowed because of it. No spare money - MY FAULT again.
So, what are we?
My best guess is that we all suffer from Stockholm Syndrome. I'd be curious to your thoughts on my analysis.
We can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and it's not an on-coming train. The recession should end this summer (another jobless one) and we should see some relief as jobs - corporation jobs - start thawing 4Q2009 or 1Q2010.
I looked up the definition of pyschopath, because I had the nagging notion: if corporations are "psychopathic" as the documentary states, then what are we?
I remember getting cups, shirts, shoes, jackets and T-shirts from my former corporation - the one that laid me off in 2003 and started this blog. I remember one instance realizing I had NOT bought a single stitch of clothing for myself in quite a while. I was a walking advertisement, and just as happy to tell people in the mall, passers by "I work at..."
When I got laid off, I looked for something LIKE what I had, same pay, same type of cubicle, same hassles, same 60 - 70 hours per week.
One such instance: I received (I'm dating myself) 120 pages in a single day! Exasperated, I went into my manager's office: "Which ones are priority?" I asked. His answer: "All of them!" I of course asked what if I choose the wrong one? His answer in Dilbert-esque "pointy-haired boss" fashion: "It would be your fault, then!"
I was also threatened with my job on a Friday afternoon that had me working until 9:30 PM to get a ROM code to a mask shop. Mind you, the IT guy and I had never processed a ROM code for a DSP part before. It didn't matter: if I failed to get the order processed, it would be "my fault" again.
Seemed I never had money even though I made good money. I spent it as soon as the raise was approved. The vacation, the new gadget, the gizmo was what I kept online orders and shipping companies tasked to get those orders to me - quite busy. I haven't tasked them in some time and the economy slowed because of it. No spare money - MY FAULT again.
So, what are we?
My best guess is that we all suffer from Stockholm Syndrome. I'd be curious to your thoughts on my analysis.
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