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Myrina

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9. Sounds like the mgmt philosophy of the company I used to work for ...

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 04:48 PM

Feb 2013

Everything's your own fault, and if you'd just smile and kiss enough ass, everyone will love you and the company will profit and we'll all be happy (except you, who will still be overworked, underpaid and fucked over ... but you'll be smiling) ...

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Just finished "Bright Sided" Barbara Ehrenreich's expose of the "positivity people" [View all] GoneOffShore Feb 2013 OP

Fascinating book! I read it last year and then promptly bought two of her other books. arcane1 Feb 2013 #1

Luckily I own my own business. And the only person I could use the word "opportunity" with GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #2

If the company you work for uses that terminology, start looking for work. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #3

met people that believe in that crap, they believe in all kinds of other fantasies, too KG Feb 2013 #4

Absolutely right. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #5

mostly, they wish for good things, rather than actually doing anything to make it happen. KG Feb 2013 #6

Such victim-blaming BS some of that positivity stuff is. nt raccoon Feb 2013 #7

Complete and utter - Rhonda Byrne is a prime example. GoneOffShore Feb 2013 #8

Sounds like the mgmt philosophy of the company I used to work for ... Myrina Feb 2013 #9