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I still find it really, REALLY bizarre and totalitarian that there are corporations that sing The Company Song at morning meetings. That kind of thing just dis

by operant 11y ago

I still find it really, REALLY bizarre and totalitarian that there are corporations that sing The Company Song at morning meetings. That kind of thing just disturbs the ever-living shit out of me, and seems beyond abnormal. Does that kind of thing still happen? It feels like a certain, painful breed of brainwashing, or B.F. Skinner-style operant conditioning, is needed to command behavior like that.

TokyoStrayCat 11y ago
Working in Japan right now. We recite the corporate principle every morning.
g8gggu89 11y ago
Some US schools have school songs.
- cooper12 11y ago
  Don't forget the pledge of allegiance.
  - jernfrost 11y ago
    Yeah that sounds totalitarian to me. Like why would a country insist on all its citizens pledging allegiance to country every day! That is a bit North Korea sounding to me.
GabrielF00 11y ago
IBM did this through the 50s or 60s. The songs definitely feel totalitarian. http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/tripping-through-ibms-astonishingly-insane-1937-corporate-songbook/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/tripping-through-ibm...
yongjik 11y ago
You're gonna love this (from Samsung): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DFtWPn3aBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DFtWPn3aBA (Safe for work, though pretty depressing)
- joe563323 11y ago
  Samsung is the worst company to work for. Once you leave the company you can not join later. That is illegal but they do it anyway, because they are the boss.
gbog 11y ago
You need to open your mind to differences. For me as a French, raising the flag and singing national anthem for no reason at school is also weird, but I heard it is common in the US. Now that I have lived in China for >10 years I can tell you: people from different countries are different, and that's what makes life bearable. (They are different but also the same, obviously. For example, they all love their children.)

by operant 11y ago

TokyoStrayCat 11y ago

Working in Japan right now. We recite the corporate principle every morning.

g8gggu89 11y ago

Some US schools have school songs.

cooper12 11y ago
Don't forget the pledge of allegiance.
- jernfrost 11y ago
  Yeah that sounds totalitarian to me. Like why would a country insist on all its citizens pledging allegiance to country every day! That is a bit North Korea sounding to me.

GabrielF00 11y ago

IBM did this through the 50s or 60s. The songs definitely feel totalitarian. http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/tripping-through-ibms-astonishingly-insane-1937-corporate-songbook/ http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/08/tripping-through-ibm...

yongjik 11y ago

You're gonna love this (from Samsung): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DFtWPn3aBA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DFtWPn3aBA (Safe for work, though pretty depressing)

joe563323 11y ago
Samsung is the worst company to work for. Once you leave the company you can not join later. That is illegal but they do it anyway, because they are the boss.

gbog 11y ago

You need to open your mind to differences. For me as a French, raising the flag and singing national anthem for no reason at school is also weird, but I heard it is common in the US. Now that I have lived in China for >10 years I can tell you: people from different countries are different, and that's what makes life bearable. (They are different but also the same, obviously. For example, they all love their children.)