The most hilarious headline I have read in months:
He requires them to volunteer and commands them to be spontaneous. Yes, that’s what volunteering is all about: being coerced into doing stuff under the threat of losing your job.
After you stop laughing, though, consider the implications of this approach:
Marcus Lemonis, host of CNBC’s The Profit, knows how important volunteering is. He values it so much, in fact, that he mandates every single one of his employees volunteer at least 32 hours every year.
Why? His response is simple. “Once you begin the process [of volunteering], you become addicted to it,” says Lemonis. “What I heard back from employees was: ‘You changed my marriage!’ ‘You saved my life!’”
Volunteering builds character. And for Lemonis, character is defined by three traits: “Humility, accessibility and transparency.”
This millionaire believes that he has the right to dispose of his employees’ free time. This is the time he isn’t paying them for but they are still obligated to spend it the way he considers cute. He is convinced that it is up to him to manage their marriages, organize their private lives, and mold their personalities. I have no doubt that he considers himself a very good person while he does this shit.
People who do this stuff – bosses, supervisors, employers, professors, etc. – need to be told that their behavior is disgusting. This is not a sign of them being highly evolved as human beings. It is a sign of them emptying the sewers of their diseased psyche onto their fellow human beings. And there is nothing cute about that.
We can all collectively do something about this unhealthy practice: when somebody proudly shares these or similar ideas with us, all we need to do is react with visible shock and disgust.
P.S. If anybody uses the words “serfdom” or “slavery” in the comments, I will ban them. It’s because of you, you melodramatic whiner, that nobody can have a serious discussion of anything any longer. Shit doesn’t have to be “just like the Holocaust” or “just like slavery” to stink.
P.P.S. I hope this post hasn’t messed with anybody’s holiday cheer. I’ve been making inhuman efforts not to write any angry posts for two weeks but my patience is wearing thin. I might not resist until New Year’s.
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