If companies are people, employment is a relationship, and an intensely toxic and abusive one at that.

@mawr Yeah. I've had a couple good ones-- my current job at Here is more like a fling with a nice-enough partner who's been perfectly honest that there will be no love beyond friendship, no commitments, and no marriage. I get respect and a decent wage, but gosh, some benefits and promotion prospects would be nice.

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@mawr But conversely, I've had some jobs that felt like nothing but being shoveled into the coal oven of some big corporate juggernaut. >__< Remind me to tell you my stories of the Huge Evil Insurance Broker I worked for in Boston.

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