{"id":2363,"date":"2024-07-31T06:30:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T06:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/?page_id=2363"},"modified":"2024-12-07T06:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T06:12:05","slug":"corporate-amerika","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/?page_id=2363","title":{"rendered":"Corporate Amerika"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" src=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CorporateFlag.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CorporateFlag.jpg 800w, http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CorporateFlag-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CorporateFlag-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corporation or cult? Manager, or conformist sycophant? Leader or malignant manipulator. Exploring some of the darker aspects of the corporate world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:30% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" src=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/cloud2-1_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2365 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/?page_id=436\">Corporate Psychopathy &#8211; Loading the Language<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corporations use some of the same tactics as psychopaths to influence and control their employees.&nbsp; My own employer aggressively used one of them to try to influence unwilling employees to return to the office after the entire company had transitioned to remote work during COVID.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"145\" src=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CorporateCults_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2367 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/?page_id=889\">Corporate Cults<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applying the BITE Model to the corporation where I recently worked.&nbsp; Are they simply an organization that strives to make a profit while also providing employment to others, or are they using shadowy, manipulative methods to control their employees?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:31% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/CorporateIT_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2371 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/?page_id=1101\">Corporate IT Professionals &#8230; Are Not<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people who I encountered in corporate information technology management during my 25-year career had no business calling themselves professionals. They were empty suits producing little or nothing of value.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" src=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/CorpNarc_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2719 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/?page_id=2702\">Why I Left Corporate America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Narcissistic actions are hallmarks of executive Corporate America, where they are viewed as confidence, visionary and the ability to make tough decisions.&nbsp; Unfortunately, what they really are in most cases is very convincingly blowing smoke up everyone\u2019s tailpipe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:32% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"366\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/StandAndConfess_sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2920 size-full\" srcset=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/StandAndConfess_sm.jpg 366w, http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/StandAndConfess_sm-300x164.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 366px) 100vw, 366px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fathercodersoldierspy.com\/?page_id=2912\">Stand and Confess<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diversity, equity, and inclusion. A great thing for the corporate world, right? Perhaps, but not for a white man. See what happens to one who refuses to admit his inherent guilt in front of his intersectional superiors.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corporation or cult? Manager, or conformist sycophant? Leader or malignant manipulator. Exploring some of the darker aspects of the corporate world. Corporate Psychopathy &#8211; Loading the Language Corporations use some of the same tactics as psychopaths to influence and control their employees.&nbsp; My own employer aggressively used one of them to try to influence unwilling employees to return to the office after the entire company had transitioned to remote work during COVID. Corporate Cults Applying the BITE Model to the corporation where I recently worked.&nbsp; Are they simply an organization that strives to make a profit while also providing employment to others, or are they using shadowy, manipulative methods to control their employees? Corporate IT Professionals &#8230; Are Not Many people who I encountered in corporate information technology management during my 25-year career had no business calling themselves professionals. They were empty suits producing little or nothing of value. Why I Left Corporate America Narcissistic actions are hallmarks of executive Corporate America, where they are viewed as confidence, visionary and the ability to make tough decisions.&nbsp; Unfortunately, what they really are in most cases is very convincingly blowing smoke up everyone\u2019s tailpipe. Stand and Confess Diversity, equity, and inclusion. 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