As it stands now I work for a local Corporation. I am sure most people who have been in the working world have.
When small companies rot.. its not good it stinks.. Its a lot of suffering for its clients, its employees and everyone.. However, when big companies rot.. well.. its the difference in size..Its one thing if a rat or something dies.. Smells bad and you have to find it and dispose of the corpse.. But, when a dead rotting whale corpses washes ashore.. it sorta ruins your beach trip..(or makes it if your a biologist).
However, the point I am getting at is at the corporation I work for.. I'm on the absolute bottom end. No one cares where I am at. All the rules, regulations, procedures and morals are irrelevant.. All it takes is one customer making a manager mad enough at my local store.. and that manager will bend over backwards lower prices, or make something free.. At the top.. our Regional managers are so ****ed in the head they *enjoy* abusing corporate power and complaining about nothing. Some of them just *look* like sleeze balls..
What I am getting at is this is just a hardware/home improvement store.. You bet *if* this was an internet provider we'd do the same thing.
Our managers already do whatever it takes to get their own bonus. They expect us to work hard just because we are getting paid. (Yes. I do understand when you work for this corporation you are being paid to work however, how hard would you honestly work at a job when you will never be promoted, never get a raise, and never even be recognized for the good you do).
Everyone gets *one* raise.. *once* a year. Sure it can be "high" or "low" depending.. But, unless your full time you Can't get *any* promotion.
My point in ranting about how my corporation treats its employee's poorly is to make one point. They do it for the bonus. They know that as long as we are getting promotions or raises, the store has more cash. Corporate up top gets a bigger bonus. The managers below get a smaller. but, still decent enough for them bonus.
the tops of the company at the Internet service providers probably make an enormous bonus off of all the data thats sold. For that matter it probably goes entirely straight to the bonus of the managers.
I do believe in Capitolism.. However, I do lose faith in consumers. *We* as consumers should be responsible for protecting ourselves. If you don't like walmarts services go shop somewhere else. Find another local store and do price checks. Start buying whats on sale/cheaper at walmart.. And buy whats cheaper at piggly wiggly at piggly wiggly.
While its harder with issues such as privacy to tell who is selling you out.... As consumers we have to show the market what *we* want. A competitive market does not work in an environment where consumers are complacent being screwed over.
While its not always as easy as picking up the news paper and checking to see what companies sell you out.. Why not start forums and boards to make people aware of which ones are worst?
With all this being said, I am not defending the companies. I am not defending the corporation I work for nor, am I defending the loss of privacy.
I am only stating that we live in a competition based world where people do whatever it takes to get their cash... We have to show them that *if* they want ours.. they have to play by *our* rules.
Thats all that can really be done about it... Educate the people. Although sadly.. it seems people are becoming complacent and don't really care what happens.. That (to me) is an educational problem.. People don't *want* to learn people don't *want* to have knowledge.. they are content wasting their lives away watching the newest reality tv show.(no offense to any highly intelligent people who watch tv here). however, so long as people are content in their own little lives with their own little worlds.. Not much will change.
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Coorperate Sellout.
As it stands now I work for a local Corporation. I am sure most people who have been in the working world have.
When small companies rot.. its not good it stinks.. Its a lot of suffering for its clients, its employees and everyone.. However, when big companies rot.. well.. its the difference in size..Its one thing if a rat or something dies.. Smells bad and you have to find it and dispose of the corpse.. But, when a dead rotting whale corpses washes ashore.. it sorta ruins your beach trip..(or makes it if your a biologist).
However, the point I am getting at is at the corporation I work for.. I'm on the absolute bottom end. No one cares where I am at. All the rules, regulations, procedures and morals are irrelevant.. All it takes is one customer making a manager mad enough at my local store.. and that manager will bend over backwards lower prices, or make something free.. At the top.. our Regional managers are so ****ed in the head they *enjoy* abusing corporate power and complaining about nothing. Some of them just *look* like sleeze balls..
What I am getting at is this is just a hardware/home improvement store.. You bet *if* this was an internet provider we'd do the same thing.
Our managers already do whatever it takes to get their own bonus. They expect us to work hard just because we are getting paid. (Yes. I do understand when you work for this corporation you are being paid to work however, how hard would you honestly work at a job when you will never be promoted, never get a raise, and never even be recognized for the good you do).
Everyone gets *one* raise.. *once* a year. Sure it can be "high" or "low" depending.. But, unless your full time you Can't get *any* promotion.
My point in ranting about how my corporation treats its employee's poorly is to make one point. They do it for the bonus. They know that as long as we are getting promotions or raises, the store has more cash. Corporate up top gets a bigger bonus. The managers below get a smaller. but, still decent enough for them bonus.
the tops of the company at the Internet service providers probably make an enormous bonus off of all the data thats sold. For that matter it probably goes entirely straight to the bonus of the managers.
I do believe in Capitolism.. However, I do lose faith in consumers. *We* as consumers should be responsible for protecting ourselves. If you don't like walmarts services go shop somewhere else. Find another local store and do price checks. Start buying whats on sale/cheaper at walmart.. And buy whats cheaper at piggly wiggly at piggly wiggly.
While its harder with issues such as privacy to tell who is selling you out.... As consumers we have to show the market what *we* want. A competitive market does not work in an environment where consumers are complacent being screwed over.
While its not always as easy as picking up the news paper and checking to see what companies sell you out.. Why not start forums and boards to make people aware of which ones are worst?
With all this being said, I am not defending the companies. I am not defending the corporation I work for nor, am I defending the loss of privacy.
I am only stating that we live in a competition based world where people do whatever it takes to get their cash... We have to show them that *if* they want ours.. they have to play by *our* rules.
Thats all that can really be done about it... Educate the people. Although sadly.. it seems people are becoming complacent and don't really care what happens.. That (to me) is an educational problem.. People don't *want* to learn people don't *want* to have knowledge.. they are content wasting their lives away watching the newest reality tv show.(no offense to any highly intelligent people who watch tv here). however, so long as people are content in their own little lives with their own little worlds.. Not much will change.