THE MOST CULT-LIKE THING YOU’VE BEEN ASKED TO DO AT WORK

Buzzfeed asked people The Most Cult-Like Thing That You’ve Had To Do At Work. Some of the responses:
– “I worked for a motivational speaker. We were expected to overshare emotionally at team meetings, and we were policed on what we could eat at work.”
– “I used to work at an amusement park. On my first day, I had to learn the ‘work song.’ It contained lines like ‘Work hard, clean up vomit, always smile at all time.’ We were given names that we would call everyone, and mine was ‘purple unicorn.’”
– “I spent two weeks at a ‘marketing firm’ that was really a multi-level marketing scheme run by a 25-year-old dude in recycled power suits. Every morning at 8 a.m., we would gather around in a circle in a freezing cold room and loudly chant to start off the day.”
– “I worked for a car finance place. Everyone had an ‘I love my job’ cup, mug, sticker, or something of that nature on their desks. 80% of people wore the company logo as a hat, shirt, or sweater. Any time anyone griped or said something negative, people would swoop in and say, ‘No, you’re doing great! This is a GREAT PLACE TO WORK!'”
– “I worked for a video game company. When you join, you have a two-week course called ‘Denewbification’ where they make you wear a stupid lime green hat.”
– “I was a buyer for a clothing company in Columbus. They only hire young, good-looking people who are then encouraged to hang out together and date each other. HR actively encourages intra-company hooking up because it makes people less likely to leave if your partner also works there.”
– “We had to chant the company’s name at the end of all meetings. They treated leaving as a sign of betrayal – if you gave your two weeks notice, they kicked you out the door that day.”
– “To celebrate the anniversary of the organization, a song was written about the ‘successes’ of the organization, and senior managers were in the front clapping and singing, but their forced smiles and blank eyes just left me feeling incredibly uncomfortable.”
* And they wonder why 40 million people quit their jobs during the Great Resignation.
* That place that wants you to hook up with your coworkers – is their name listed anywhere?
* What’s most creepy is the way they make everybody keep repeating the name of the company. Anyway, it’s (time) on (station calls), let’s do a (station calls) traffic check with (station calls) traffic reporter (name) on (station calls).
* PHONE TOPIC: What’s the cult-like thing you have to do at your job?