My Cheese
So, our new manager is passing around a copy of Who Moved My Cheese? for everyone to read. I knew this day would come! Thankfully, Jimmy's experience with it at Ericsson made me know to not waste my time.
Given the content of "I got your cheese right here" from SF Gate, I think I know everything I need to know about the book. I can sum it up in two quotes from that article:
The author seems to think that "cheese" is a metaphor for "success in business," but the employees forced to read the book know the truth: "Cheese" is a metaphor for "continued employment." Indeed, anecdotal evidence suggests that a flurry of cheese sessions often precedes layoffs.
And it get better:
Employees are encouraged to emulate the mice and/or learn from the travails of the littlepeople. These are interesting choices of role models -- small and powerless things who forever run around a maze because they need cheese.
"Whining" and "complaining" are not encouraged. They are taken as signs of a lack of spiritual growth. The good mice sniff out the new location of the cheese and scurry toward it; the bad littlepeople ask pointless questions and fail to seek the cheese aggressively.
I'm glad I'm looking for a Portland job! Anyone got some leads?
Given the content of "I got your cheese right here" from SF Gate, I think I know everything I need to know about the book. I can sum it up in two quotes from that article:
The author seems to think that "cheese" is a metaphor for "success in business," but the employees forced to read the book know the truth: "Cheese" is a metaphor for "continued employment." Indeed, anecdotal evidence suggests that a flurry of cheese sessions often precedes layoffs.
And it get better:
Employees are encouraged to emulate the mice and/or learn from the travails of the littlepeople. These are interesting choices of role models -- small and powerless things who forever run around a maze because they need cheese.
"Whining" and "complaining" are not encouraged. They are taken as signs of a lack of spiritual growth. The good mice sniff out the new location of the cheese and scurry toward it; the bad littlepeople ask pointless questions and fail to seek the cheese aggressively.
I'm glad I'm looking for a Portland job! Anyone got some leads?