There's an evaporation of the human soul taking place in most parts of the developed world (and even parts undeveloped). It's a unique kind of slavery where the "individual" is under the illusion of freedom but really might as well be one of the enslaved masses like the workers who built the pyramids of Egypt. There's a void missing in everyone's life and people try filling it with consumer goods such as that new car, a new electronic gadget that fits in your pocket, or with the lives of other higher born people know as celebrities. Meanwhile the willpower is being sucked daily with crushing routines inside of cubicles, taking orders from a boss that is half as competent as you are, and working for CEOs who jet set around the worlds taking parts in galas and festivities while your hard efforts help line their pockets.
I am talking about the Corporate World. The Corporate World is soul crushing environment that no self respecting person should strive to be a part of.
People often get thrown the words "team player" or "team oriented" describing the common good of the company over individual happiness. The person most likely to accept this rhetoric without thought are the common masses or whom I like to fondly refer to as "The Sheep." The entire Corporate World is for The Sheep. Starting from the CEO's, down to the middle managers, and all the way down to mail room, in these corporations you can find Sheeple.
These are the people who have no differentiation from the herd. One person's features are interchangeable with the other's. They might as well be Legos or cogs. None really has the capacity to truly think for themselves. Most times they are told what to think and once told adopt the thought as if it had sprung from their own gray matter. It's no wonder that employers often threaten that there's a line available for the employee's position. None of these people really stand out anywhere.
Working within the system of the Corporate World benefits the few while it makes slaves out of the masses. In many instances the owners of these corporations and executives have ties to government officials. As a matter of fact, it's their entire lifeline. Personally I have worked for a company where the CEO knew Barack Obama and the owner was good friends with Mitt Romney. It is not entirely crazy to think that their was some kind of behind the scenes business deal taking place with both of these politicians.
Walk into any corporate environment and you will notice that the lower echelons struggle for wages, usually putting in eight to twelve hour days. In many cases you will notice the CEO, or to be correct, not notice the CEO because they are usually gone. It's not uncommon for them to take a three to five day weekend and claim it's a "business trip." For myself it is particularly discouraging because I get to hear on the news about how the CEOs in our particular industry were treating themselves to an event in Aspen skiing at the various resorts while funding it with taxpayer money. However, whether small, medium, or large you usually notice that for one special person in the company it's okay to take those five day holidays, bring your kids and pets to work, and be gone by mid-afternoon or after lunch.
In the Corporate World one is expected to give total fidelity to The Corporation. If asked in interviews one must reply that they want to work in an environment where they can grow and expand for multiple years. They must swear to forsake all individualism for the team and to be a team player. Their needs come secondary to The Corporation. However in reality these lower class worker drones are expendable. "At Will Employment" means they can be fired on the drop of a dime. That one company you have slaved for years for, in some cases decades, is now giving you marching papers and telling you to move on. They expect your best efforts, best energies, and best years and what do people usually have to show for it?
The entire prerogative of The Corporation is to maximize profits and minimize costs. Yes, this is entirely rational and not to be fully criticized but this point must be brought up to give the average person a realistic perspective on their place within the company. This means that The Corporation in most cases will be paying you the least it can get away with without having you walk off (barely) or violating some labor law. This also means that it is fairly common that not enough staff will be hired to keep a smooth machine running. More workers means paying out more wages and maybe even benefits which means less money rolling upstream into the hands of executives and owners. Most of the time this results in a work environment that is dysfunctional and lacking. People in the higher echelons do not care about how their own company is performing just that it is turning a profit. Therefore in whatever industry you can see a decline in the quality of work and even the paying customer or client is getting shafted because of this corporate model.
The Corporate World promotes collectivism and conformity. Any type of individualism here is frowned upon. Yes, some days they let loose the leash a bit and let you wear jeans on a Casual Friday, but for the most part everyone is supposed to look exactly like the other either with dress code or flat out uniforms. Have a tattoo on your ankle? Sorry, that's not going to cut it here.
Thinking at all, let alone too much, is highly prohibited. I had a former manager exclaim that it was a mistake that my boss hired me because I had a formal and traditional college education. It was evident that I might come to certain "conclusions" about how things worked and that might cause a stir. Anyone that might see through the facade of their environment is considered a threat more than an intelligent asset with something to offer. Thoughts other than the ones The Corporation prefer you to have are "negative thoughts." This rewards mediocre and non-distinct people. People who can ultimately be trained just like a dog.
Who among us actually strives to be in this kind of situation? Was it Steve Jobs? Thomas Edison? The inventors of Google? If you notice none of these types of people come from this pool of mindless and faceless drones that help support the Corporate World, yet they are titans within it. People who rail against this type of life, initially at least, become the movers and shakers of society. Most people benefit from the fruits of their labor yet lack the capacity to achieve such tremendous heights, and it all can lead back to this docile proletariat mindset that The Corporation fosters upon people. Steve Jobs did not come about because he decided to spend eight hours a day in a cubicle taking a pile of crap from some less talented and worthy middle manager.
The Corporate World is soul crushing in that it dampens the spirits. Suddenly your life, time, and loyalties are not your own. If one steps back to look at the bigger picture it's obvious that the majority of people are drones to be treated like numbers, and that the people on top get the benefits such as extra time, extravagant trips and adventures, and the freedom that comes from wealth. It's time to wake up and demand more control and power in your life.
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