This is for all you “suits” and ex-suits – suits here a metaphor for those having been caught in a corporate-type structure, the larger the “better.” For some corporate workers, the illusion of job security is no longer a fair trade for days spent shuffling papers. One says: "I manage a team of twelve who create documents for other teams who create documents for senior leadership who don't read documents (click: The Death Of The Corporate Job.)
For some, the structure serves as a kind of community, a pseudo family if you will. Like any family, however, some are more functional than others. Oh, no, not another mission statement. Or that spaghetti org chart. Or death by PowerPoint. Life in a Dilbert’s cartoon that only Kafka could love.
We might share the stories among you refugees from that world. A number of member bios suggest having managed the great escape. What were the circumstances and where did it lead? ..
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