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I visited a place one where the schtick was to get new employees to make a paint print of their hand on the wall like a primary school kids. I thought, this pla

by ajb 4y ago

I visited a place one where the schtick was to get new employees to make a paint print of their hand on the wall like a primary school kids. I thought, this place infantilises its employees, I will never work here. This comes about because companies see 'culture' as a means of manipulating their employees. It works because long-childhood tokens are a status symbol - poor people need to grow up quickly and demonstrate that they are compliant by wearing suits or other uniforms, middle class show that they can afford long education by retaining the signifiers of childhood. But no-one does this consciously, so people are susceptable to being 'rewarded' by these cheap signifiers instead of real value

cudgy 4y ago
The hand print wall sounds like a hokey HR idea. Seems a bit harsh to judge an entire company on it.
- mavhc 4y ago
  Everyone else in the company went along with it
- klyrs 4y ago
  It's a lot more fun than getting fingerprinted, and you get the whole palm, too!
- Geonode 4y ago
  It shows you that HR has clout in the company which is bad. Where HR is necessary they should be silent paper movers.
robonerd 4y ago
> I visited a place one where the schtick was to get new employees to make a paint print of their hand on the wall like a primary school kids This sort of thing seems to happen quite a bit. Somebody in HR goes baby crazy and starts treating people in the office as their surrogate children. You can't say shit about it, because it's HR.
908B64B197 4y ago
> I visited a place one where the schtick was to get new employees to make a paint print of their hand on the wall like a primary school kids. Someone's therapist is getting a new boat soon.