"Sounds like spit out to me, 11!"
"Look, 18, I know that you're upset; try not to think of this as a punishment, but as a reward. Besides, you did this to yourself! You worked so successfully to automate all the operations of the company that you made yourself unnecessary. A programming company in India has developed a software program that does all of your job functions. For the price of one year's salary it will do your job forever, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. It will never take a vacation or want a day off; it will never cut into profits by going to the doctor and it will never get old."
"I see then, I'm not to be spit out but sh*t out!"
"Why must you take this so personally, 18? By the corporation eliminating you, it is saying to you, job well done!"
"Maybe you wouldn't think like that, 11, if it was you that was being rewarded with unemployment."
"But I am, 18, we all are: you, the secretaries, the tax attorneys, the assistant plant manager, and the accountants. I will work here until the end of next year when I become eligible for my retirement. Then, just like you, I'm free! Do you just like working, 18? Retirement isn't for you?"
"What retirement, sir? I've only got eighteen years; I need twenty to retire!"
"Gee, that's tough, 18, but I'm sure you'll find something else."
"How is it, sir, that you will be eligible next year?"
"That's in my contract, five years for pension eligibility."
"That doesn't seem very fair to me. Does it seem fair to you, sir? I work for twenty years and you work five?"
"18, what do you think the corporation is, a social program? A charitable organization?
"But, sir, I've worked my ass off for this company! You shake hands in photo ops and attend trade shows and you are protected while I'm shown the door! Well, f**k you, sir!"
"Do you play chess, 18? All of the pieces have their roles; they can't be changed just as the rules can't be changed. The ultimate goal of the game is to protect the king; even the queen will be sacrificed, if need be. So, is it so hard to understand why you must be sacrificed?"
"What about all this crap? All this 'corporate family' crap! All this 'team effort' crap! We're no more a team than the cowboys and the cows are a team!"
Nodding patiently he answered, "Exactly."
"Look, 18, I know that you're upset; try not to think of this as a punishment, but as a reward. Besides, you did this to yourself! You worked so successfully to automate all the operations of the company that you made yourself unnecessary. A programming company in India has developed a software program that does all of your job functions. For the price of one year's salary it will do your job forever, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. It will never take a vacation or want a day off; it will never cut into profits by going to the doctor and it will never get old."
"I see then, I'm not to be spit out but sh*t out!"
"Why must you take this so personally, 18? By the corporation eliminating you, it is saying to you, job well done!"
"But I am, 18, we all are: you, the secretaries, the tax attorneys, the assistant plant manager, and the accountants. I will work here until the end of next year when I become eligible for my retirement. Then, just like you, I'm free! Do you just like working, 18? Retirement isn't for you?"
"What retirement, sir? I've only got eighteen years; I need twenty to retire!"
"Gee, that's tough, 18, but I'm sure you'll find something else."
"How is it, sir, that you will be eligible next year?"
"That's in my contract, five years for pension eligibility."
"That doesn't seem very fair to me. Does it seem fair to you, sir? I work for twenty years and you work five?"
"18, what do you think the corporation is, a social program? A charitable organization?
"But, sir, I've worked my ass off for this company! You shake hands in photo ops and attend trade shows and you are protected while I'm shown the door! Well, f**k you, sir!"
"Do you play chess, 18? All of the pieces have their roles; they can't be changed just as the rules can't be changed. The ultimate goal of the game is to protect the king; even the queen will be sacrificed, if need be. So, is it so hard to understand why you must be sacrificed?"
"What about all this crap? All this 'corporate family' crap! All this 'team effort' crap! We're no more a team than the cowboys and the cows are a team!"
Nodding patiently he answered, "Exactly."
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