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OceanPete

(36 posts)
16. Corporate slavery
Mon May 9, 2016, 10:02 PM
May 2016

All professions are now benefiting from the fact that the ideal "corporate" employee is one who works for free and without benefits. Wake up America!

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Not to diminish the point, but that's true nowadays for nurses, doctors, attorneys, and just about Hoyt May 2016 #1
that was stated in the article. niyad May 2016 #18
1 problem is one cannot "fire" the students in the teacher as office manager situation. fire the msongs May 2016 #2
That's why government at ANY level cannot be run like a business, unless of course you want madinmaryland May 2016 #4
Corporate slavery OceanPete May 2016 #16
3. Everyone thinks they know how to do your job. EVERYONE! Coventina May 2016 #3
To be fair,... scscholar May 2016 #5
I get that, BUT students only see, at best, 25% of what goes into being a teacher. Coventina May 2016 #7
Lord knows I am about as dumb or stupid as they come, but for some reason everyone thinks LiberalArkie May 2016 #6
It' in th universities and colleges as well malaise May 2016 #8
8. & 9. Kids today carry guns and cell phones NightWatcher May 2016 #9
Not limited to MBA 1939 May 2016 #10
#3 is pretty much true for all of us treestar May 2016 #11
And we are only glorified babysitters, unworthy of much pay, who get too much vacation time. GreenPartyVoter May 2016 #12
More from the above article (SO TRUE!): femmocrat May 2016 #13
#5 mainstreetonce May 2016 #15
Forgot to mention the special ed laws. Don't attack unless you're a teacher: lindysalsagal May 2016 #14
it is a wonder to me that anybody actually wants to be a teacher these days. niyad May 2016 #17
I had a first year graduate student try... a la izquierda May 2016 #19
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