The velvet cage
A friend of mine used this analogy to describe the trap you get in with Corporate America.
They make it comfortable for you to stay even though you may be unhappy. All the benefits and amenities a big company can afford to give to its employees. Your job/career at the company is a cage. A velvet lined cage but a cage none the less. And the longer you stay the harder it is to leave because you are that much closer to retirement or getting that extra week of vacation or vested in your pension plan, etc…
The benefits and amenities are a factor that make it tough to leave a job once you’ve been there a while. It’s definitely something I have to consider before I make any move.Labels: Colored Parachutes, frustrations, jobs, Time to get on with my life
posted by ChowderHead @ 3/31/2007 03:51:00 PM
3 Comments:
You know...I never thought of that...
I never looked at it that way before either. Things that make you go hmmmmmmm.
Me neither until he hit me with that analogy.
But it's true. They make it just comfortable enough to stay. Not uncomfortable enough to leave....
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