The Corporate Automaton

Have you met a person who wouldn't participate in a social event on the pretense of work? A person who misses his buddy's birthday because of a work-related appointment? A person who asks a question "What is so special in dining with your family?"? A person who is too tired to do what he/she loves at the end of a work day? A person who works from home even if he or she is riding a temperature or is too stressed to go to work? A person who doesn't have time for a concert or a play on a weekend? A person who cannot be out of cell phone reception and go on a drive/hike, with a fear of being paged? A person who would perhaps know his/her company's revenue down to the last dollar, but not the GDP of their own country? A person who would answer an official email more promptly than a sweet mail from a near one? A person who would know more ways to connect to the corporate network than the number of countries he/she has visited? A person who thinks the corporate ladder is a stairway to happiness? A person who doesn't want to take a few days off to meet their family fearing their review score? A Corporate Automaton?

I have met many and have been guilty of living one sometimes. I may sound very cynical, inhuman and corny, but I've tried looking at the big picture and have failed to comprehend why would a person do this? Is it for the green bills? Perhaps for some, but it is just in the order of 100s at the end of the year. Is it for naturalization? Perhaps for some expats, but is it worth wasting your youth and getting locked down to a place? Is it a question of status and fame? Perhaps for some, but everyone remembers a Bill Gates or a Steve Jobs and not any John Doe. Is it security? (I'm not talking about physical security. A corporate cannot provide it for sure, especially out of campus). Perhaps for some, but if there is an advent of sickness or disability, their name is most probably the first on the pink booklet. Then why the trouble? How many of us love to die for the things we do at work? Any aye's? I can't hear many :-).

We are all brainwashed into this mindset of false security. It is a paradox that this pseudo-security has bred so much insecurity in us. We are so much involved in our corporate life that we don't want to step out and look outside the box, we remain ignorant. This ignorance is bliss for us. It is sad that we are like automatons, but it is true.

Oops!!!! Tomorrow is monday, got to get some work done now :-).

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