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I work for a big company. a BIG one. actually no I don't.
I work for a contractor who works for a big company.
Actually, no I don't.
but we will get into that in a moment.
The startup I have been launching has grown into a massive one man operation.
Instead of hiring other people or outsourcing I use a CRM built with trello using the (GSD) System. Instead of paying someone to make calls I'm making them.
leads, IT and infrastructure..a milltion little tasks slowly tearing me apart all fighting for attention.
Things you could and should outsource to minions took time and effort to resolve.
So in a effort to fix this I made the decision.
''I should start working for a large company. One big enough that it pays the bills AND lets me pay for outsourcing, this way I can get more done.''
Yes folks, I'm talking slow-lane.
using the day to day doldrums of a desk job to pay the bills, keep food on the table and at the same time focus on my venture.
The choices for me to pursue were simple.
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet or Apple.
Except not facebook because #F*ckzuck
Now while it might sound uncanny to simply think ''ah-hah! I'll simply work for one of the largest companies!'' That's simply exactly how I am.
I make a plan for what I'm working on then I charge after it, and I am meticulously good at figuring things out.
So to skip ahead a little bit.. not bore you with the boring interview details, I did it.
I have a desk job at one of the above companies where I perform work in exchange for hours. For me it's simply a means to a end.
But that's not why I'm withing this message after years of inactive silence (reading, watching, but hardly interacting because I don't feel my level of progress merits any share-worthy material.)
I want to instead talk about a letter.
A letter from Human Resources sent that highlights one of the biggest issues with working with a job.
Any job. Anywhere on planet earth if you are working for a company
Any place that trades work for hours, and what they truly think about you as a employee.
Again I'm sitting pretty. I could slip into mediocre life, get a picket fence and all the other gobbldygook we humans have been force-fed is the normal life. The job I have is not terrible. The car I drive is paid in full. (Screw you Loan Companies)
and is not purchased for want of a shiny pretty car, but dependency and resell value.
But I'm not about that life. What I'm doing is not for money, well not just for money its because I aim to help many people. Getting this job was simply a item on a task list.
and now that it's checked I'm back to full force working on my venture, this time with the ability to offload minor tasks.
But going back a min, lets return to that letter.
To explain this letter in full I need to first explain a tiny bit about my job.
In doing so I"m going to stick to the most generic of terms and leave parts out, both to keep in compliance with NDA's and to keep in line with the focus of this thread.
In fact for the sake of it lets not say I work for one of the big companies. Let's say I work instead for a Medium sized company called Bootlickers (I don't) my name is Bob (it's not) and I'm contracted to perform work for the job.
In other words.
I work directly FOR Bootlickers
My job is on behalf of Bootlickers
My paycheck is addressed to Bootlickers
My time, schedule is set my Bootlickers
I use Bootlickers equipment (if they have it) Drive Bootlickers company helicopter, answer the door, phone, call, email, what have you as ''A Bootlickers Agent'' for the select few who can lick enough boots to get a number,
But I am not a actual employee of Bootlickers.
Here's a paraphrased edition of the email that was sent out to all employees.
Effective immediately
Attention (employ dog leash number) Name
Policy Update Alert
You do not work for us.
If you wish to keep working for us Sign this letter that states you do not work for us.
You have 6 hours to sign this document that you do not work for us or we will fire you.
If we are ever asked we will show this letter that you signed that states you do not work for us.
Additionally employees will no longer be able to (company perk) or (company perk) as this makes you think you are a employee.
you can no longer (company perk) use (company perk) or go to (company event)
The stark tone of this letter and candid matter shocked me.
now the letter did not impact me directly, since I had never gone around on a message board shouting HEY I WORK FOR name. But apparently this is what had caused the letter to be sent out.
And we lost some people. Some people balked. I do indeed work for ! how dare they!! this is unjust! some workers wanted to sue. They promptly got erased, all history of them just *blip* gone in the next moment as they were ejected from the office.
I say good effing luck in any lawsuit since I read our agreement on joinging and there's some interesting terminology that made the hairs rise on the back of my neck while I signed the sea witches contract.
But this got me thinking.
If this happens here.. it happens everywhere.
Everywhere. At any company. Even the biggest ones in the world where you would think you have some resemblance of security.
So do not ever..
for any reason..
think you belong at any slowlane company..
even the biggest ones in the world.
because you simply don't matter.
I work for a contractor who works for a big company.
Actually, no I don't.
but we will get into that in a moment.
The startup I have been launching has grown into a massive one man operation.
Instead of hiring other people or outsourcing I use a CRM built with trello using the (GSD) System. Instead of paying someone to make calls I'm making them.
leads, IT and infrastructure..a milltion little tasks slowly tearing me apart all fighting for attention.
Things you could and should outsource to minions took time and effort to resolve.
So in a effort to fix this I made the decision.
''I should start working for a large company. One big enough that it pays the bills AND lets me pay for outsourcing, this way I can get more done.''
Yes folks, I'm talking slow-lane.
using the day to day doldrums of a desk job to pay the bills, keep food on the table and at the same time focus on my venture.
The choices for me to pursue were simple.
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Alphabet or Apple.
Except not facebook because #F*ckzuck
Now while it might sound uncanny to simply think ''ah-hah! I'll simply work for one of the largest companies!'' That's simply exactly how I am.
I make a plan for what I'm working on then I charge after it, and I am meticulously good at figuring things out.
So to skip ahead a little bit.. not bore you with the boring interview details, I did it.
I have a desk job at one of the above companies where I perform work in exchange for hours. For me it's simply a means to a end.
But that's not why I'm withing this message after years of inactive silence (reading, watching, but hardly interacting because I don't feel my level of progress merits any share-worthy material.)
I want to instead talk about a letter.
A letter from Human Resources sent that highlights one of the biggest issues with working with a job.
Any job. Anywhere on planet earth if you are working for a company
Any place that trades work for hours, and what they truly think about you as a employee.
Again I'm sitting pretty. I could slip into mediocre life, get a picket fence and all the other gobbldygook we humans have been force-fed is the normal life. The job I have is not terrible. The car I drive is paid in full. (Screw you Loan Companies)
and is not purchased for want of a shiny pretty car, but dependency and resell value.
But I'm not about that life. What I'm doing is not for money, well not just for money its because I aim to help many people. Getting this job was simply a item on a task list.
and now that it's checked I'm back to full force working on my venture, this time with the ability to offload minor tasks.
But going back a min, lets return to that letter.
To explain this letter in full I need to first explain a tiny bit about my job.
In doing so I"m going to stick to the most generic of terms and leave parts out, both to keep in compliance with NDA's and to keep in line with the focus of this thread.
In fact for the sake of it lets not say I work for one of the big companies. Let's say I work instead for a Medium sized company called Bootlickers (I don't) my name is Bob (it's not) and I'm contracted to perform work for the job.
In other words.
I work directly FOR Bootlickers
My job is on behalf of Bootlickers
My paycheck is addressed to Bootlickers
My time, schedule is set my Bootlickers
I use Bootlickers equipment (if they have it) Drive Bootlickers company helicopter, answer the door, phone, call, email, what have you as ''A Bootlickers Agent'' for the select few who can lick enough boots to get a number,
But I am not a actual employee of Bootlickers.
Here's a paraphrased edition of the email that was sent out to all employees.
Effective immediately
Attention (employ dog leash number) Name
Policy Update Alert
You do not work for us.
If you wish to keep working for us Sign this letter that states you do not work for us.
You have 6 hours to sign this document that you do not work for us or we will fire you.
If we are ever asked we will show this letter that you signed that states you do not work for us.
Additionally employees will no longer be able to (company perk) or (company perk) as this makes you think you are a employee.
you can no longer (company perk) use (company perk) or go to (company event)
The stark tone of this letter and candid matter shocked me.
now the letter did not impact me directly, since I had never gone around on a message board shouting HEY I WORK FOR name. But apparently this is what had caused the letter to be sent out.
And we lost some people. Some people balked. I do indeed work for ! how dare they!! this is unjust! some workers wanted to sue. They promptly got erased, all history of them just *blip* gone in the next moment as they were ejected from the office.
I say good effing luck in any lawsuit since I read our agreement on joinging and there's some interesting terminology that made the hairs rise on the back of my neck while I signed the sea witches contract.
But this got me thinking.
If this happens here.. it happens everywhere.
Everywhere. At any company. Even the biggest ones in the world where you would think you have some resemblance of security.
So do not ever..
for any reason..
think you belong at any slowlane company..
even the biggest ones in the world.
because you simply don't matter.
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