Nature? pffff! We could do better.
Posted on April 20, 2010 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
Mmmm...capitalism.
The new earth friendly pigs can now produce excrement without damaging the environment! Yaaay, we’re all saved by science!
…Since when the F@#$ have animals craping been BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!!
p.s. as you might have guessed, in reality, the only environment being damaged are the confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), which is a creepy story unto itself.
It seems to me like another finger in the dam of profit-streamlining living things AKA our food supply.
This has been an angry moment with-
Joe
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~pp
Gen X- Small But Mighty
Posted on January 5, 2010 | By Christian | 1 Comment
If you are like me, you don’t really feel the love at work. Treated as a commodity with the ever present threat of corporate layoffs which seem to hit people by lottery since the “dead wood” has already been culled through the previous 5 layoff rounds. It gets old. I would like to reassure you that there is hope! Many of us forget that a large part of today’s workforce are Baby Boomers, and guess what… they aren’t getting any younger. Take a minute to read this article from October by Kelly Sharp called Gen X- Small But Mighty which talks about the Baby Boomer workforce of today.
What I especially like is the point Kelly makes about the number of Baby Boomer employees in the workforce today who are planning on retiring in the next 10 years, but the number of Gen-X employee which will back-fill them is fewer than the number retiring. Now, this is no panacea but its at least a glimmer of hope. One point Kelly does miss is the fact that many Boomer employees are working further into their 60’s than their parents generation, which certainly doesn’t help the Gen-X workers waiting for promotions.
Well, I could stand a little more appreciation at work – even if it is only through attrition. ~cg
P.S. I just ran across this blog on Roberts Virtual Soap Box called Why we (non-boomers) hate our jobs. You should definitely check it out. And while you are there check out his list of people he would like to see die in 2010 in his Top 10 Wingnuts Whose Deaths I’d Celebrate, 2010 Edition. He has Glenn Beck as #1 and I couldn’t agree more!
Eleven Things Frowned Upon in Corporate Meetings
Posted on December 16, 2009 | By Patty Pino | No Comments
Create-Your-Own-Territory Syndrome – making a barrier around yourself by spreading your stuff all over the conference table.
Forgetting to mute on a conference call, and having others hear your dog barking, your kid banging blocks together, or the construction guy drilling in the background.
Asking “Do you want that leader to be photographed in a Tuxedo or a Clown Suit?” (Doesn’t get a laugh; I tried it.)
Admitting “I’m only here for the free snacks.”
Asking “What do all of these acronyms stand for, again?”
Eleven Things I Hate About Corporate America
Posted on September 24, 2009 | By Christian | No Comments
Corporate Jargon – Mastering your core competency and keeping positive momentum to maintain six sigma synergy by delivering the key metrics to present the value added revenue mix for our shareholders.
Shareholders
9-5 (which is today is more like 8-6)
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