Propoganda Vomit
Today was one of the longest days of my life! I work for a company (I won't mention the name) but they are a very well known company. So my first question to all of you before I start my story is: Have any of you ever seen Office Space the movie? Well, let me just tell you, what I am going to write about is almost exactly like that movie magnified to its fullest extent.
At our company we have something called Vision & Values. This is a class that some big wigs in an office making tons of money decided to put together to train their employees on how to "care" about the company and to dedicate their "life" to the company. OK… now I see these guys doing this, after all they are making tons of money, they have investments in the company and they have for years. They live in this delusional world that everybody has the same outlook on the company as they do because they have been so freakin out of touch with what it's like to be a real working class civilian. In their one track mind of theirs they think that we care about profit and company growth and other mumbo jumbo that I don't even know or care about that they have forgotten what its like to live paycheck to paycheck. They ask me how I can be empowered… I'll tell you how I could be empowered… let me make as much money as you and then I will show you empowerment. And what is this propaganda they are brain washing us with? Empowerment and so forth?... you might as well put a swastika in front of it!
I seriously want to know, do these trainers truly believe this bullshit they are feeding us? Please tell me they actually don't?! Seriously… I never grew up as a child nor did most of the people I work with and say, "When I grow up I want to be a customer service agent!" or "I want to be an Underwriter or a Claims Representative!" No! None of us ever said anything like that! We wanted to be famous rock stars, movie stars, Dr.'s & Firemen! We ended up in these positions because we didn't have the privilege of going to college or we ended up single parents and this just happened to be what life bestowed on us and we happened to fall into because we just happened to be good at it. So do these big wigs think we actually give a shit about our jobs? That our jobs actually define who we are as a human being? My God I hope not and I hope that isn't the case with them, because that is pretty damn sad. What kind of a person would I be if my job as a customer service agent defined who I was in my day to day life? How pathetic would I be?! I work 8-5 then I go home, two weeks later I get a paycheck and that's about the only time I feel like I have accomplished anything at my job and I feel some sense of pride. Other than that… who the fuck cares?!
They made us do a run down on positive aspects with a company and how it affects the company and then how it would affect ourselves. Then they did scenarios of worst things that could happen to the company and then how that would badly affect us! How would I be affected if my company went under or anything bad happened to the poor thing! I don't know… be a crack whore!? Are you kidding me!? I would just collect unemployment and then go find another job! I learned a long time ago, when I was 25, that I was replaceable. I put my heart and soul into a company for 5 years and when I decided to leave I got no good bye or anything. Absolutely nothing, the next two weeks they trained someone else to do my job… that's when I found out that I was replaceable. I will never ever put my life into a job again. Ever. My little sister is 25 now and it's funny that she just learned the same exact lesson with her last job. At first I wanted to warn her and protect her from what she was doing, but then I realized if I did, she would probably never learn this valuable lesson that was probably one of the most important lessons that I have ever learned in my life.
Also, one thing that they preach on is an "Open Door Policy" or "Speaking Your Mind" that we shouldn't be afraid to do this at our company and how they are concerned that most people still are concerned to do so. Maybe we are scared and concerned to because you people take things like Vision & Values just way too damn serious! Are you kidding me? You people are fanatics… of course we are freaked out by you people! Would you ever accept any of us telling you that Visions & Values and Empowerment is a completely waste of our time? No! You would never accept that! Are you kidding me! OK, maybe I feel an open door policy with my Supervisor, but that is because she is just a really great person in general and just compassionate, the supervisor before her was not, she had a bad controlling attitude and a power trip, this one doesn't so I can go to her. If the company cares so much about these "Open Door" policies, then why don't they assign more supervisors and managers like the one I have right now? That would alleviate the problem.
OK… so here I am just a bitter employee bitching and complaining about this BS Vision & Values class that I had to take… but to tell you the truth, I would be perfectly happy and almost no complaints if we didn't have these classes, they are just a bunch of brain washing Nazi propaganda. Aren't these the same values that Hitler used to start brainwashing his soldiers with? Empowerment… customer driven! Just let me do my job and collect my paycheck… if you want to see some motivation then give me more money or at least more bonuses and time off for God's sake, then you will see someone at least acting like they care!
At our company we have something called Vision & Values. This is a class that some big wigs in an office making tons of money decided to put together to train their employees on how to "care" about the company and to dedicate their "life" to the company. OK… now I see these guys doing this, after all they are making tons of money, they have investments in the company and they have for years. They live in this delusional world that everybody has the same outlook on the company as they do because they have been so freakin out of touch with what it's like to be a real working class civilian. In their one track mind of theirs they think that we care about profit and company growth and other mumbo jumbo that I don't even know or care about that they have forgotten what its like to live paycheck to paycheck. They ask me how I can be empowered… I'll tell you how I could be empowered… let me make as much money as you and then I will show you empowerment. And what is this propaganda they are brain washing us with? Empowerment and so forth?... you might as well put a swastika in front of it!
I seriously want to know, do these trainers truly believe this bullshit they are feeding us? Please tell me they actually don't?! Seriously… I never grew up as a child nor did most of the people I work with and say, "When I grow up I want to be a customer service agent!" or "I want to be an Underwriter or a Claims Representative!" No! None of us ever said anything like that! We wanted to be famous rock stars, movie stars, Dr.'s & Firemen! We ended up in these positions because we didn't have the privilege of going to college or we ended up single parents and this just happened to be what life bestowed on us and we happened to fall into because we just happened to be good at it. So do these big wigs think we actually give a shit about our jobs? That our jobs actually define who we are as a human being? My God I hope not and I hope that isn't the case with them, because that is pretty damn sad. What kind of a person would I be if my job as a customer service agent defined who I was in my day to day life? How pathetic would I be?! I work 8-5 then I go home, two weeks later I get a paycheck and that's about the only time I feel like I have accomplished anything at my job and I feel some sense of pride. Other than that… who the fuck cares?!
They made us do a run down on positive aspects with a company and how it affects the company and then how it would affect ourselves. Then they did scenarios of worst things that could happen to the company and then how that would badly affect us! How would I be affected if my company went under or anything bad happened to the poor thing! I don't know… be a crack whore!? Are you kidding me!? I would just collect unemployment and then go find another job! I learned a long time ago, when I was 25, that I was replaceable. I put my heart and soul into a company for 5 years and when I decided to leave I got no good bye or anything. Absolutely nothing, the next two weeks they trained someone else to do my job… that's when I found out that I was replaceable. I will never ever put my life into a job again. Ever. My little sister is 25 now and it's funny that she just learned the same exact lesson with her last job. At first I wanted to warn her and protect her from what she was doing, but then I realized if I did, she would probably never learn this valuable lesson that was probably one of the most important lessons that I have ever learned in my life.
Also, one thing that they preach on is an "Open Door Policy" or "Speaking Your Mind" that we shouldn't be afraid to do this at our company and how they are concerned that most people still are concerned to do so. Maybe we are scared and concerned to because you people take things like Vision & Values just way too damn serious! Are you kidding me? You people are fanatics… of course we are freaked out by you people! Would you ever accept any of us telling you that Visions & Values and Empowerment is a completely waste of our time? No! You would never accept that! Are you kidding me! OK, maybe I feel an open door policy with my Supervisor, but that is because she is just a really great person in general and just compassionate, the supervisor before her was not, she had a bad controlling attitude and a power trip, this one doesn't so I can go to her. If the company cares so much about these "Open Door" policies, then why don't they assign more supervisors and managers like the one I have right now? That would alleviate the problem.
OK… so here I am just a bitter employee bitching and complaining about this BS Vision & Values class that I had to take… but to tell you the truth, I would be perfectly happy and almost no complaints if we didn't have these classes, they are just a bunch of brain washing Nazi propaganda. Aren't these the same values that Hitler used to start brainwashing his soldiers with? Empowerment… customer driven! Just let me do my job and collect my paycheck… if you want to see some motivation then give me more money or at least more bonuses and time off for God's sake, then you will see someone at least acting like they care!