> I am not a resource. I am not a box of pencils, a copy machine, or a long ton of bituminous coal to be consumed by the company. In the Harvard MBA school of

> I am not a resource. I am not a box of pencils, a copy machine, or a long ton of bituminous coal to be consumed by the company. In the Harvard MBA school of management which dominates American business and which Wall Street incentivizes, that is precisely what you are: You are a fungible cog in a large machine. This is certainly not the only viable business management philosophy, but it's the most common one in America. Regardless of what cute name the HR department calls itself, the MBA model should be assumed as the fundamental philosophy of the company until the company's actions (not their words) prove otherwise. Costco is an example of a successful American company that does not seem to use this model. There are many others, but you have to search carefully to find them.