Island of misfit toys
Working at the Hard rock hotel Chicago was one of the most uncorporate corporations I’ve ever had the pleasure to work for. They really did let you be yourself with all your corks and excepted you for haveing them. It truly was a family in the senses of we looked out for one another and didn’t try to stab each other in the back. There was no cut throat feeling which made us not want to leave the company no matter how much you complained about things that weren’t going to change. I now understand why large tech companies operate like this because we actually did want to work for the corporation and not just collect a check.
Josh, Sounds like sounds like the real misfits were the management. The workers looked out for each other and the management specialized in stabbing people in the back. Sadly you are not alone, lots of managers think that it is wrong if supervisors try to help their employees to get ahead. If the employees worked hard-why shouldn't they get ahead? Linda Evcic
I wonder if, unlike the hotel which had the service of people as its vocation, most modern tech firms think about machines. The people are a means to the end of machines. A different end engenders different thoughts.
Yeah, I feel like a lot of companies are starting to come around to this idea. I'm fully on board for it. Nobody wants to feel like they're stepping into a war zone when they go to work. Thing usually get done much more efficiently when people like and trust each other, rather than feeling like they have to compete.
Maybe the management wasn’t in complete sync things but at least they treated employees as people. The company I work for just wants people to punch a time clock (time clock website) and not actually care about the work or the customers. It’s a shame too. I got here 7 months ago and have no desire to be here any longer.