It’s a little surprising how Corporations boast about the awards they are given by “business” periodicals. They use these “designations” to recruit potential employees, impress current employees, and something for the bigwigs to feel good about. The thing is, the “business” periodicals probably hang out with a lot of these corporate bigwigs at cocktail parties and that’s where this whole awards thing started.
Here’s a hypothetical exchange:
“Business” Peridoical Bigwig: Hi, I’m Dick, Media-Titan-in-Chief of Crappily Run Business Monthly.
Corporate Bigwig: Hi Dick, I’m Tim, overpaid, unqualified, badly dressed (not to mention badly out of shape) Chief Bigwig of Crappy Consultants, Inc.
Corporate Bigwig: I tell you what, Dick, we’ve been providing our employees with electricity for several years now and we think that this progressive thinking has made us one of the best companies to work for.
Corporate Bigwig: Well Dick, it’s a costly proposition but we feel that treating our employees like people is pretty important and providing them with electricity rather than candlelight is just the first of many new ideas at Crappy Consultants.
Now this might seem like a stretch but it’s my position that it’s not. Should large, liquid companies be given awards for seemingly basic treatment of the employees? Surely not. Should reasonable resources, given the company’s capabilities, be made available to the employees? Hopefully the answer is yes.
Oh, and working for incompetent, self-absorbed, corporate soldiers.
