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A Simple Game

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9. Business have take a cue from the military. You aren't a human to the military you are

Reply to Feeling the Bern (Original post)

Fri Feb 26, 2016, 07:43 AM

Feb 2016

a grunt who has to confront a gook, or a sand monkey, etc. Is it easier to screw the next person who comes thru the door or the next consumer? The same with how HR thinks of the employees.

Not well worded before my first coffee but you get the drift.

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The second humans became resources to businesses and corporations was the minute [View all] Feeling the Bern Feb 2016 OP

Yeahup..... daleanime Feb 2016 #1

Renaming everything gave the newly-minted MBA yuppies something to do. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2016 #2

I remember when a university started an MBA program. hobbit709 Feb 2016 #4

And we all now waste hours and resources satisfying the demands of compliance tblue37 Feb 2016 #5

I was nearly fired for raising high dudgeon once JackInGreen Feb 2016 #3

Was that an actual direct quote? nxylas Feb 2016 #6

Nope, paraphrase JackInGreen Feb 2016 #7

Yup. A resource is just a resource. Helen Borg Feb 2016 #8

Business have take a cue from the military. You aren't a human to the military you are A Simple Game Feb 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Sanity Claws Feb 2016 #10

Taking the long, long perspective, people are better treated at workplaces Albertoo Feb 2016 #11

Oh, go be a spineless worker worm yourself. Hortensis Feb 2016 #12

So, you mean, like, forever. Adrahil Feb 2016 #13

. . . and now these corporations are looking to automate the "resources" . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2016 #14