for my brother? yes. Had no problem working for UBS when his team had to liquidated this poor bastard's assets due to multiple missed payments and within the next day - he committed suicide by jumping in front of tube (London word for train).
"Not my problem. Not my fault."
*mind you - the missed payments were in millions*
This story points up two problems with our dysfunctional corporate society:
One is: "I follow the rules. Compassion, empathy, consequences, are 'Not my problem. Not my fault'. "
The other is: "My things, my things. My things are my life. My only life. If I don't have them I'm better off dead."
Same excuse as any other job.
Yeah... part of the reason for that is... it's for ease of convenience. It's faster to talk than it is to type.
The corporate, upwardly mobile slogan "Time is money. And if there were anything more important than money someone would print it."
One of the first things I learned when I became involved with the corporate world: You don't have time for close personal friendships. You develop contacts. People who can benefit you or potentially benefit you. Don't waste time gossiping and bullshitting. Get what you need and move on.
This is one of the things I have always loved about Deaf World. It is not what you can do for me that counts; it is "Do I like you?" that counts.
What does it really take to make it in this country?
Interesting question in a country that calls itself the bastion of freedom. Only two things are praised as proving success: Money and control over others. Basically greed and power. The things that got us into this economic mess and the things that will keep us there.
Things like Quality of Life, Personal Happiness, Love of Family and Friends, are considered leftovers for the weak and the losers to console themselves with.
You would almost think it would not be that way in a country that lists "Life Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness," as the inalienable rights of man.
I was hoping you would side-track the "VRS 26" of which 6 are deaf. My question was: Don't you think the VRS industry should be top-heavy with qualified deaf folks? Seems natural to me....
Don't know about top-heavy, but the young man who installed my daughter's Purple VRS was Deaf, a lot of fun, and said he loved everything about his job.
The key word is "qualified." As long as there are qualified people able to offer a service to consumers then I have no real aversion one way or another. Supposing we had a bunch of qualified CODAs running a VRS company?
The problem with your key word is that it is a bullshit word used more often to keep capable people out of a profession so the pay scale of those who are grandfathered in can keep up the price of their services by keeping alternatives inaccessible. It is also used to make politicians look good: They can pretend to address issues by "raising the bar" the only problem is the new set of "qualifications" does not address the problem.
I'm sure there are teachers here who will concur with me.
What would improve things is less emphasis on "qualifications" and more emphasis on "capability".