Corporate Veterans For Truth

[dave29]

I am a corporate vet. I have toiled in the cube farms since late 1994, after completing basic training in college. Of course, my training proved useless in the field.

Day after day and year after year I have trudged the minefields of the corporate world, and survived only through a combination of accepting too much work for too little pay, fear of losing my job, and acceptance of the good ol' boy network playing greedily from above. I have ssen many friends lost to their greed, and watched as six CEO's have commanded our troops on the front lines, each bringing with him his own friends, and taking them with him when he is done, leaving other coworkers lives in ruin.

I had come to understand the golden parachute and the golf course it leads to.

I had come to accept my place is to serve and not ask questions.

I had come to terms with speaking up meaning losing one's job.

I had come to accept that "that's impossible" means nothing to those who won't lift a finger themselves - and that being on call 24/7 is something to be expected.

I have had atleast 15 mission statements, 9,000 action items, and a million deliverables. For this I have seen two promotions and a couple of free dinners. I was given a rock with the companies name on it. I assumed it was for throwing, but held back. When the economy turned south, I survived 9 rounds of layoffs only because I was the only one who knew what I do. I allowed them to not give me a review or a raise for three years. My health insurance costs have tripled. And I am effectively taking a cut in pay every year as the cost of living rises.

I have seen what happens when CEO's play badly. I have seen the buddy system at it's worst. I have seen George W. Bush's vision of a more corporate America and it is nothing like he portrays it. George W. Bush is lying about his corporate years, which have continued to this day. George Bush is Ken Lay. He is Bernard Ebbers. He is Dick Cheney. Fraud, deceit, and protection of personal wealth are the name of the game.

In the last month, I have begun to fight back. I am trying my hardest to get fired, but they will not do it (there is no one to replace me). I demanded a raise, which they refused. We are now at a standoff with them trying to discredit me, and me refusing to quit, but pointing out their every transgression.

Soon I will be out of the corporate world, but I'm going to take a few of them with me. I have become a corporate veteran for truth. George W. Bush should fear the likes of me.

[blm]

1. Now THAT is a great movement to run with.

Salute.

[dave29]

4. I wonder how many other corporate vets

have similar stories to share. Perhaps we could make a commercial :)

[volosong]

2. Three Cheers! Go With It

[shaolinmonkey]

3. Speak it brother!

A CEO says "we need to make more money" and Wall Street says "it's a brilliant strategy." They can't DO anything. Some days I think Tyler Derden was on to something.

[Karenina]

5. WOOOOHOOOOO!!!

Analogy? Metaphor? REALITY???

Tyler is all that too.

[dave29]

6. Reality

although I haven't taken to fighting myself in the streets yet ;)

[Damn Hippie]

7. Boy, can I relate.

Sadly, I am in the cube next to yours.

I don't know how much more I can take.

I have no time to even explore my options.

[dave29]

10. At some point the only option becomes

the exit, and saving your soul

[Eloriel]

12. You're a quick learner

A lotta people don't "get it" til they've slaved much longer, some not until their deathbeds, some not even then.

Salud! :toast:

[dave29]

14. Oh how I wish

I'd learned earlier ;) but still, it's a lovely awakening.

[Damn Hippie]

17. I am going to the mountains

to do a little thinking about things. I called my boss last night to let him know I'll be unavailable for this weekend's enevitable "crisis".

[dave29]

18. Good

They didn't even bother to ask me this weekend. Thats a first.

[Just Me]

8. Oh, please tell me I can print and share this awesome piece of work.

I'm a volunteer at a local democratic headquarters and I'd love to make a poster out of this.

:bounce:

[dave29]

9. absolutely

please do

[calimary]

11. It's an awesome piece of ART. A delicious manifesto!

Looked into the eye of the Beast, you have. And you lived to tell about it. We need more corporate emancipation and rescue ops! No one should have to sell their soul to make a damned living.

[susanna]

13. You're my hero.

No, I'm really not kidding. I enjoyed this piece a great deal (I'm a fellow cube veteran).

Well done! :-)

edited because I TRANSPOSE words for no reason at all

[dave29]

15. May your cube days

come to an end soon! (And your typing problems remain far less severe than my own) ;)

[Karenina]

16. Kick!

:kick: