Esprit d'escalier

[tamaranth]

Dear Waterstones

PS, If all employers routinely sacked employees who whinged about their managers / working environment / working hours / corporate policy, how long would you say Western capitalism would persist?

I'd give it about a week.

Thought: any proper SF writers out there (e.g. who can extrapolate social futures properly) up for writing a short story based on this premise? I only got as far as 'breakdown of benefit system' and 'overload on blog servers' while I was showering...

Comments

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

I worked for a company once that said grumbling about the managers, the working environment, the working hours, or any other aspect of corporate policy or corporate life whatsover was a disciplinary offense.

They went bankrupt.

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

We have this thing at DTI called the "success profile", which explains the "behaviours" which are encouraged, and the "behaviours" which are discouraged.

One of these states that we should not demonstrate cynical attitudes towards management intiatives. Sounds like the same old bollocks to me...

[pmcmurray.livejournal.com]

But most employers _do_ get rid of anyone who whinges too much...

[marypcb.livejournal.com]

you can 'buy' the right to complain by working very hard and doing very well - I always did and couldn't get laid off when I was begging for it.