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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:13 PM Original message |
Is it just me or is this just nauseating? Column about workplace attitude by Barbara Ehrenreich. |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. By the way, thanks for whoever gave me the heart. I needed it. |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. YEESSS! |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thanks for the link -- now I'll find out why I'm not getting promoted |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Me either!!! RA RA shish boom bah |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. Corporate cheerleading - this is why I left back in '95 |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. I am a financial analyst. But I have never even heard of the Image Consultant virus yet. |
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Sapere aude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. I left CPA firms back in the late 80's. I got tired of knowing I had to step on my co workers if I |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
5. This is why I will never be part of corporate America |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
6. Peter Principle revealed: Just Say "Yes"! |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Smile your way to the top of the worthless pile!!! LOL |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. my response to the "smile, why don't you" from a customer was, "what on earth do I have to smile |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Work is a highly over rated pastime. |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 03:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think I share your attitude. If work were fun, we would do it for free. |
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LSparkle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Every child ought to keep that in mind when "choosing" a field |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
14. Bait and Switch |
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pdrichards114 (215 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I read Nickel and Dimed, but I don't know if I could read Bait and Switch. |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 04:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Bait and Switch |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Being positive doesn't help |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:15 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. like a rapist saying "now act like you like it." this is why I'd be homeless before working in a |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. And I have no idea |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 08:48 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. I don't know how people do it. I worked as a messenger and walked into thousands of offices and... |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:08 PM Response to Original message |
20. This economy has been described as |
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meldroc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
21. Add me to the people who hate the ra-ra cheerleading bullshit. |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. The best cheerleaders are almost always the most worthless workers |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Ain't it the damn truth. nt |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
26. LOL!! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Not to mention at least a cuddle and a hug at the door as I leave. |
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. I work in the BS industry |
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kitkat65 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh-oh. Looks like somebody's got a case of the Mondays! |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 06:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. It's being encouraged in the public sector too. I am leaving my semi-professional library |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-14-07 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
29. I always loved how those articles in the 80s would tell you that |
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