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Dragonfly41 on September 27, 2007 - 9:09pm

Haaa....sad, but true...I've worked in both government and private corporations. My current company just went through some workshops where they identified types of people in the workplace as Loyalists, Passive Terrorists, or Active Terrorists.

They were using these labels to tell if you were part of the Solution or part of the Problem. Loyalists work together to come to positive results. Terrorists work to sink other people to make themselves look better. All the while listening to this workshop, I kept thinking, "My God...why the hell are we using these labels?"

So what you say is true, if you are a "Yes Man/Woman" and act positively all the time, you will go far in corporations. If you rock the boat and criticize people or ideas, you will eventually be forced out.

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mr f on September 27, 2007 - 9:44pm

Well, now your invocation makes sense. Looks like your company really did take a line from this Admin's speech writers. You're either with us or against us. Which actually makes sense, corporate-wise.

This scenario sounds like something out of The Office.

Passive Terrorists? What, is that like a lazy terrorist who just colors his or her coloring books all day long while letting the phone ring? Meanwhile the Active Terrorists are cutting RJ-45 cables, hax0ring into company databases, uploading them to the Pirate Bay, and exposing the pron on the CEO's computer?

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Dragonfly41 on September 27, 2007 - 10:49pm

Ya...I was thinking The Office as well...life imitating art?

Passive Terrorists...saying crap behind people's backs instead of provoking outright fistfights over the coffee machine.

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