At the new Gates Foundations headquarters in Seattle, there is a ban on whispering. This, despite the fact that the warm and fuzzy non-profit frowns on “expressions of hierarchy.” I’m not sure what’s crazier: the fact that Gates Foundation is doing this, or the fact that it’s perfectly legal for them to do this. One more example of workplace tyranny. Reminds me of this bit of wisdom from another political theorist.
All Children Under 16 Years Old Are Now 16 Years Old: Workplace Tyranny at the Gates Foundation
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April 9, 2012
[...] I’ve talked a lot on this blog and in my book about “the private life of power,” how conservatives seek to reinstate hierarchies of power in which men and employers are able to rule and ruin the lives of women and employees. That is, and remains, a fundamentally conservative project. But that doesn’t mean so-called liberals haven’t participated in it. They have—and in the case of Clinton, actually pioneered it. [...]
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July 2, 2012
[...] by their boss while they pee. They can be forbidden to wear what they want, say what they want (and at what decibel), and associate with whom they want. They can be punished for doing or not doing any of these [...]
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October 19, 2012
[...] by their boss while they pee. They can be forbidden to wear what they want, say what they want (and at what decibel), and associate with whom they want. They can be punished for doing or not doing any of these [...]
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October 19, 2012
[...] by their boss while they pee. They can be forbidden to wear what they want, say what they want (and at what decibel), and associate with whom they want. They can be punished for doing or not doing any of these [...]
But at least the annual payment by citizens of their weight in horse manure has been eliminated . . .
An open environment like in the photo discourages such unhealthy bodily activities such as nose-picking.
“She points out one further attraction: ‘That’s Nelson Mandela’s shirt on the wall behind the table.’ ”
Oh thank God.
no whispering, also no all wearing orange together to go out to happy hour:
http://lifeinc.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/19/10759617-matching-orange-shirts-get-workers-fired
The “Non-Profit Industrial Complex” has mushroomed beyond all recognition over the last 2 decades. Joan Roelofs and Michael James Barker have been shining some much needed light on the history of these saintly outfits.