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   From: me@privacy.net   
      
   "Rick"  wrote in message news:<2kfia5F1n5erU1@uni-berlin.de>...   
   >   
   > > Finally about ten years ago I had a boss (actually he owned   
   > > the company I was working for at the time) who in a casual   
   > > conversation explained the cold hard reality.  Corporate   
   > > America doesn't give a rat's ass whether a given employee   
   > > lives or dies, nor should they, nor are they supposed to.   
   > >   
   > "Mike Berger"  wrote in message news:4e5964e   
   .0407010750.2a8aa760@posting.google.com...   
   > Wow, who was this guy who speaks for all corporations, large   
   > and small, and on what basis did he jump to this conclusion?   
   >   
   > An interesting fact about "corporate america" is that it exists   
   > only in the same sense that you can talk about "the black   
   > population" or "hispanic population" in the country and   
   > generalize about everybody.  It's called prejudice.   
   >   
   > I own a small company.  We care about our employees and they   
   > love working here.  I guess you got suckered into believing   
   > that didn't happen.  Meanwhile, you said you started your   
   > own company.  Did you become an asshole just because you   
   > became management?   
      
   I was speaking in generalities.  Obviously there are corporations   
   (usually small ones) who still care about their employees.  But   
   that's the exception to the rule these days.   
      
   It's always been about return on shareholder investment.  The   
   difference now is, there's a disregard, even a contempt for   
   frontline workers.  Joe Sixpack is blamed for poor corporate   
   performance while corporate execs take massive salaries and   
   bonuses.  Just one example, I watched first-hand while Carly   
   Fiorina laid off 30% of HP's workforce, "in order to keep the   
   company profitable", then proceeded to take a $4.3 million   
   bonus for herself, part of $21.5 million in bonuses over five   
   years.   
      
   Rick   
      
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