Corporate Culture Does You In
Jan. 26th, 2007 10:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
forsythAt work, they've started up a new things where the CEO basically has a blog on the company intranet, and people can post comments which he may or may not reply to.
I'm wondering how long until somebody gets fired for something they post there. But that's not what struck me the most. What strikes me the most is how some of the replies sound like they're written by a regular human being, and then some of the replies are blatantly crazy corporate speak. Like when someone asked about putting solar panels on the roofs, for the tax breaks in California, the answer was that the buildings are owned by the malls or whatever (true) and that when something like that was cost-effective, Wal-Mart would lead the way. THAT was what made me laugh my ass off. Yeah. Wal-Mart leading the way. Uh huh. Sure. Right. And if the malls or wherever are going to do it, they're going to need pushes from the companies renting the space to make them want to do it. Most malls shift the costs for heating and electricity etc onto the renters, so they really don't give a crap how much it costs. These are simple basic facts of economics. But the environment of corporate culture has its expectations, and certain things aren't possible in there.
I'm wondering how long until somebody gets fired for something they post there. But that's not what struck me the most. What strikes me the most is how some of the replies sound like they're written by a regular human being, and then some of the replies are blatantly crazy corporate speak. Like when someone asked about putting solar panels on the roofs, for the tax breaks in California, the answer was that the buildings are owned by the malls or whatever (true) and that when something like that was cost-effective, Wal-Mart would lead the way. THAT was what made me laugh my ass off. Yeah. Wal-Mart leading the way. Uh huh. Sure. Right. And if the malls or wherever are going to do it, they're going to need pushes from the companies renting the space to make them want to do it. Most malls shift the costs for heating and electricity etc onto the renters, so they really don't give a crap how much it costs. These are simple basic facts of economics. But the environment of corporate culture has its expectations, and certain things aren't possible in there.
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Date: 2007-01-27 10:24 am (UTC)I wouldn't be too surprised, though. It's a new medium for the brass, so it's no wonder they're starting out in ultra-cautious mode. Give 'em a couple of years to get comfortable with it.