I was once a leader…or so I thought.
My corporate bosses told me so, and as a manager leading a team of project coordinators, I was expected to believe them. They told me that I was an essential cog in the wheel. I was also expected to follow the corporate line by convincing my team that “creating shareholder value” was their top priority.
You must have heard the term creating shareholder value. It sounds extremely important, profound even, and ambitious. In truth, it’s simply a diabolical ruse to make the working class work harder to ensure that rich people get richer. It becomes a soul-crushing endeavour once you understand the deception.
After a while, I stopped believing them and decided that leading is not all it’s cracked up to be. I threw in the towel and opted for early retirement. Now, I’m my own man; I neither lead nor follow.
Let the corporate thieves find another follower to lead for them.
lenny unencumbered 
We should get what we earn and deserve.
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Easier said than done in a crass capitalist society, unfortunately.
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One needs to upskill to earn better.
It looks like haven’t a good experience in your work life.
Can you work on relevant laws on wage, security, resource utilisation, and team work etc.?
The big giants in any field – they’ll never quit their top position, they can buy anything with their money power, and they maintain, therefore monopoly, in this manner.
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It was not about the benefits or salary or working conditions. I had reached a level which I believed was comfortable.
It was about the corporate masters never being satisfied with earnings and profits and always pushing for more.
I reached a point where I couldn’t live with myself demanding more from a team that was already delivering more than their fair share.
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Sounds like a brilliant decision. Consumerism and capitalism helps only the minority get rich.
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I can’t believe I spent so many years rationalizing how good capitalism is.
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