A Ford employee says he lost his job after being accused of stealing a $1.95 cookie, only for the company to later realize he’d actually paid for it.
60-year-old Kurt Kromm had worked at Ford’s Kentucky Truck Plant for 11 years, but told Shifting Gears he was fired after the company believed security footage showed him taking a cookie from the break room without paying.
Yep. I remember having to temporarily sit at the desk of some department head to address a network problem, whose desk was covered in paperwork involving some poor custodian who was asking for a medically necessary limited period of light duty as a result of a work-related injury, and this director’s handwritten notes all over it, with shit like “if she can’t do the job she shouldn’t be here, let’s draw a line under this,” etc. It was clear exactly what they were getting at; they ALL knew the law, hence the handwritten notes and vague language. The casual nature of it was revolting.
Corpos aren’t human in any way that matters.
The corporate mentality. All the behaviours of a psychopath. None of the medical explanation.
Because high level corporate people are psychopaths.
Statistically speaking, psychopathic traits/tendencies are very beneficial and actively selected for, for climbing the corporate ladder.
Now, obviously, they don’t go “Hey, you’re a psychomath, lets promote you 3 rungs up”, its that psychopaths have the charisma, manipulation, can backstab without feeling guilt, etc necessary to lift themselves up while pushing others down.
Or that ages of “wives tales” are actually true and wealth really does something to our psyche. It’s true to say that immoral people get into these positions and make the rules, but I think it’s overly simplistic to believe that is the entire reason.
The more terrifying analysis is that people do change and not always for the better. The system is stupidly good at corrupting people and power/wealth do something to our monkey brains that is insanely antisocial. People unfortunately absolutely do become worse in the system, and it is designed that way.
If I were 20 again, I think id do pretty well there.