From the movie 'Office Space'

After years of freelancing, I was offered a position in a corporate environment. I have to say it’s nice to have the security, but what’s missing is your life! It always makes me laugh when I think of how we accept this. There are so many things wrong with this. I’ll try to explain a few points.

First, the length of the work day. It’s nuts! 8 hours? I say 6 tops. 6 hours or less can be achieved if management planned and organized more efficiently and you stopped checking Facebook every 2 minutes. The 8 hrs. doesn’t include travel time in traffic plus the stress thats accumulated on the way. So, after travel to and from, your work day is approx. 9.5-10.5 hours. Then you get home and have a short amount of time to prepare yourself for tomorrow then its off to bed. When do you have time to recuperate your mind and body?

Second, is lunch. This may seem minor, but think about it. Most companies give an hour. So, say you leave for lunch. It takes about 20 minutes to sink your teeth into whatever you ordered. Then another 20 minutes to get back, park and walk in your building. How many minutes does this leave you to eat and relax…20. So we get 20 minute lunches, lol. Wack. Oh I hear you saying, “I bring my lunch”. That’s cool, but you either eat it AT work (which defeats the purpose of a break) or you drive some where thus saving you 5-10 minutes for eating time. I say a hour and 45 minutes for lunch!

Third, How does one take care of their personal business? You get off at 6 and businesses CLOSE at 6! Say you have to pay a bill, go to the bank or see the doctor. Most companies only give employees a few days off a year. This scares people out of using them. They save them like chestnuts for the winter. The logical thought would be to go after work or on weekends. It would make sense to pay bills online during work, but the IT department takes personal enjoyment in blocking employees access to their bank sites. Maybe they think its like that old Atari game, Missile Command where they destroy the outgoing missiles!

Let me just stop there, I’m starting to whine about this stuff, but you get the point. Wheres Obama? We need change in the work place!

Hip Hop forever, R.I.P. Caleb Bryant. Peace to all.