Working.
The daily grind.
The lower your head and do as you're told.
The seen doing things, but never asked to contribute to the greater conversation.
The expectation that you intuitively know what comes next.
The way you feel words being spoken about you behind your back.
The way the heads of the company look at you when you approach the offices.
The double standards that are in place that don't hold everybody accountable.
The illusion that everything is as grand as it should be.
The detriment that the leaderships lack of understanding plays throughout the organization.
The way you and your coworkers can't do a damn thing about it.
The way you want to quit, but there are no other jobs available.
The way you want to say something, but can't risk losing your job.
The way you want the best for the clients, but can't give it to them because there is no support.
The way the kids hate the leaders of the organization as much as you do.
The way you want to burn the place down.
The way you can't stop.
The way you want to stop.
The false accolades for doing your job.
The lack of accolades for doing your job.
The need for you to do the jobs of 3 other people to keep your organization running.
The fallacies that are told to the community about all the great work that is being done.
The pictures of "great work" and "great opportunities that flood the papers and the internet.
The work that has to be done.
The work that needs to be done.
The fact that what has to be done isn't what needs to be done.
The way the leaders of the organization expect more of their subordinates than they do themselves.
The way there is not a helping hand to be seen when there is real work to be done.
The way there are always hands coming up to the top of the ladder when meaningless tasks need to be accomplished.
The puckered lips fly towards any surface that is unworthy of being touched.
The stench of rotting ambition fills the nostrils of those who long to do more.
The way your soul dies a little every time you get called into the office for a "talk."
The way you hate everything about your job.
The way you don't hate everything about your job, just some parts.
The way you hate everything about your job except the real work that you get to do.
The way you love the clients.
The way you love the extended circle of clients.
The way you wish the leaders of your company would actually get to know the clients.
The way you wish the leaders of your company would truly give a shit about what was going on.
The way you would require the leaders to do real work with the clients in order to stay in power.
The view from below the ivory tower doesn't get any better with time.
The leaders never figure it out.
The machine keeps turning and burning.
The machine keeps eating souls and devouring lives.
The few who make it out alive, can look back and worry about their friends, their colleagues, and their clients.
I made it out alive.
Some of my friends made it out alive.
Still others are slaves to the machine that is the organization.
Hopefully the day will come when a bright light is shone on their work, and the lies brought to the surface.
Until then, we can move on with our lives and hope to find greener pastures to work in.
God bless you all who work for the (wo)man, and haven't found the light yet.
God bless you all who work for the (wo)man and made it out alive.
May we all find solace in the work we are called to do, and not be tortured (mind, body and soul) by the powers that run these organizations with a fist of fury that knows no bounds. They rule from on high, without the slightest real concern for what happens below.
Suck it up. Keep your head down. Nose to the grindstone. Do it for the kids. Don't lose your soul to an organization that doesn't care!
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