W15 Part A Reading Orientation
Reading notes are from “Orientation” by Orozco, https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2011/05/17/orientation-by-daniel-orozco/
- This sounds like work hell, with all cubicles, and offices, it makes me shudder.
- Ask your supervisor for an emergency, as if. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission.
- At will employment, the protections aren’t for us, only for corporations.
- All this bureaucracy is annoying.
- Pacing work reminds me of employees who have that one easy task, so they spread it out over the whole day and spend all their time on the internet in between when the boss isn’t looking. I kinda relate to that.
- Receptionists quitting often means that the boss is disgusting, or the customers are.
- John LaFountaine needs some reparations for sexual harassment, but that don’t happen in the work world.
- Ew, this office is full of creepers, poor Amanda. And poor receptionists. Russell just sounds like a neckbeard with a job somehow.
- Welp, Anika is that weird one you can’t avoid.
- Fire drills and earthquake drills, tedious but essential.
- Wow, a comprehensive health plan, that’s the most generous company I’ve heard of recently.
- And vacations with sick leave, this isn’t a real company!
- Coffee pool of your choice, and if you dislike it, you’ll join anyways because peer pressure. Rip money.
- That’s a nice break, but after a certain amount of time you have to force them to take one, so it’s not gone forever...
- Barry Hacker is scum. Anyone who steals food from the fridge is scum. His wife haunts him cause he’s still bad and needs nagging.
- Ugh, four food stealers, time for food sabotage.
- I think we all know a Payne in our work.
- I hate asking for extra supplies, cause of all the extra paperwork. So annoying. It demotivates you from asking.
- Wow, I’m Gwendolyn, but with giraffes. Okay, maybe not that bad, but I really like giraffe knickknacks and accessories... but it isn’t my favorite colors and not my car either. That’s just silly.
- She’s a hero, ringing in snacks and making parties, and being a good friend. Even if she’s weird. But being that person is stressful.
- And now we’re back to creepy guys, can’t we mix it up with a creepy girl?
- The view from a building high up, no matter which way you face, city or nature, tends to be spectacular. A view while photocopying makes it go by faster.
- And now we’re back to beaucracry
It really does sound like work hell! I have worked in a place like this, and can attest to the misery that my coworkers and I had experienced. The first chance I saw to jump ship I took right away. I bailed as fast as I could. :) I find this quote interesting: "John LaFountaine needs some reparations for sexual harassment, but that don’t happen in the work world." I think you are correct in saying that many organizations do not punish the harasser. This is partially why I feel like people need martial arts so much. Not necessarily purely for physical self defense, but for verbal defense as well. It is good to gain tools to try to prevent or try to stop being victimized by using confident and strong words first if possible.
ReplyDeleteI think this story is an interesting illustration of what it means to be hard working American. Naming the many disparities about working hard and long, as well ass making the issues personal, made the story very relatable for the reader. I think everyone knows how horrible it is to hate your job, it doesn't make you feel important or motivated. I think our culture puts a lot of pressure on making money and being successful, and it pushes a lot of people into job positions they dont care for.
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of so many people, including myself in the past, that hate their jobs. The thought of doing something this miserable just for money makes me sad, and I see so many people in traffic everyday that are on their way to jobs like this. It is a sad truth in our society that people go into all kinds of debt going to school to get a job with benefits and vacation, wasting their life away in a cubicle they hate. I'm with you, this sounds miserable and like nothing I would ever want to do. Thanks for your thoughts!
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