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Walmort as Scientology
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anyone stumbling upon the Walmart careers website might be forgiven for thinking that Google had malfunctioned and directed them instead to the Scientologists, whose recruitment site features a collection of testimonials virtually indistinguishable in their tone of robotic devotion.
Over at "Walmart People," Lois Givens, Personnel Manager at store number 992 assures us: "If you live your whole entire life according to the Walmart culture and three basic beliefs, life becomes a lot easier." Shana Bailey, Director of Store Operations emotes: "To this day, I continue to grow and learn, and the Walmart family is always there for me every step of the way," while Patricia Graham of the Distribution Centers adds: " Walmart is my Life (capitalization her own). When I think about it, it's amazing how many aspects of my life are touched and made better by Walmart."
For those of us whose lives have yet to be touched by the transformative miracle of the out of town superstore, these testimonials may seem a little excessive. But these are not rogue sycophants in the company ranks. According to Michael Bergdahl, former "Director of People" for Walmart's Headquarters, and now an international speaker and consultant on the company's practices, the creation of "cult-like commitment" and devotion to the so called "Walmart Way" among its employees is the explicit aim of the company's intensive staff training program for new recruits. And lest employees forget what they have learned on the course, loyalty is reinforced daily in stores with the "Walmart cheer," a compulsory devotional chant.
Once they have whipped their staff into a frenzy of corporate sycophancy, employers are increasingly expecting them to turn their whole selves over to the company's message and aims, and are employing a range of sophisticated psychological and practical techniques to achieve this.
Human Resources philosophers have ditched the mantra "work life balance" for the more sinister (and employer friendly) "work life integration."
Corporations now aim to identify and satisfy employees' emotional needs as well as their financial ones. Major white collar employers such as UBS, American Express, KPMG and the law firm Goodwin Proctor have ins uted "happiness training" for staff, drawing on a combination of psychological research and ancient religious traditions.
Starbucks ("we're called partners because it's not just a job, it's our passion") lost in Federal Court after being accused of illegal union busting efforts and firing baristas for union activities.
White collar workers are affected by this trend too, with punishingly long hours at no extra pay now the norm. The average American employee spends a staggering month longer on the job each year than their 1969 counterpart and vast swathes of companies including Bank of America, Starbucks and IBM have been implicated in lawsuits for failing to pay their office staff appropriate overtime.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ruth-w...comm_ref=false
All the Walmort protesting "associaites" need is more washing of their brains and destruction of their lives, then they'll Whistle While They Work at jobs for pay.
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Will you guys quit ing about the Waltons? They are just ordinary folks like us and do a lot of good things.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/17/ar...4QAtb6jM5EEOg&
lol being a plumber > being an i-banker
LOL @ you not being yet, mamas boy.
LOL @ inheriting daddeh's fortune and calling someone a mama's boy
LOL @ seriously trying to argue I woulda been better off being a plumber
LOL @ you in 20 years cubicle boy.
BTW, no daddys fortune cubicle boy. I support my elderly parents.
more conjecture based off nothing
You are the one that started the smack this morning cubicle boy. And you haven't accomplished yet. I'm not sure where you get the big head from.
And yeah, a smart, energetic plumber has a much beter chance of being an entrepreneur millionaire than a stuck in midlevel corporate cubicle boy.
I find your disdain for plumbers, electricians, etc. to be disgusting. If you ever make enough as a college educated cubicle boy to buy a house I hope the tradesmen you have to hire to work on it stick it straight up your ass.
I made fun of your re ed argument that I'll be less successful as a double major in accounting/finance than I would have been as a plumber
Me thinking I'll be better off than most plumbers doesn't mean I have a big head
So an elite plumber will be more successful than an average "cubicle boy". No . Funny how your argument changes.
My disdain is for dumbasses like mouse who think having a college education is counter-productive.
You obviously also disagree with mouse, seeing that you decided to get a college education (that you conveniently dismissed in this thread in order to help your argument).
For someone who allegedly has a business degree your arrogance and ignorance about how the world works is appalling.
It's not about bring good at turning wrenches and working by the hour, it's about knowing how to turn wrenches but hiring other people that turn wrenches and your job is to just keep work in front of them.
The leap from plumber to millionaire entrepreneur is much easier and more common than the leap from cubicle boy to Gordon Gekko.
So I could just as easily manage a plumbing business with my degree as I could with a plumbers' license
You're not helping your argument
Well, my degree was in the more blue collar major of a hybrid architecture/civil engineering but then I was always a wrench turner at heart and not an effete college snob.
My disdain is for dumbasses like mouse who think having a college education is counter-productive.
You obviously also disagree with mouse, seeing that you decided to get a college education (that you conveniently dismissed in this thread in order to help your argument).
So I could just as easily manage a plumbing business with my degree as I could with a plumbers' license
You're not helping your argument
My guys wouldn't do for a college snob like you.
So, just wondering, why is DoK saying you cam from money CC? Is that true, regardless of whether you are self-made or not? Just curious.
He just pulled that out of his ass. My parents were very much middle class and I worked my way through college doing technical manual labor like working for an air conditioning company and framing houses. I currently give my elderly parents a $2500 a month "paycheck" to supplement their social security. Just more DoK bull .
Just to be clear, my parent's aren't "poor". Like most middle class folks of their generation they never spent everything they made and had some retirement investments/savings but they are in their 90's and I supplement their savings/income so they can stay in their house and bring a full time lady in to help my mom.
Cool CC, was just curious.
plumbers avg about $40K/year. they charge a lot but it seems they don't get to charge a lot every day.
My guys wouldn't do for a college snob like you.
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