However, when you work for a major corporation (10k plus employees let’s say for fun) I think the mottos, slogans, and values become dramatically watered down. Do you really think the janitor at Wal-Mart cares at all that people depend on Wal-Mart’s dirt cheap prices that helps low income families survive? Coming from similar situation in life, I can tell you that janitor doesn’t care, he’s just there to make an honest buck.

I guess what I’m getting at is that if people don’t care, then the mottos are just that.. jibberish bullshit mottos. When companies balloon to absurd sizes, employees lose touch with the bigger picture because their actions hold far less meaning. If Wal-Mart screws a customer it doesn’t matter, that customer -will- be back next week, even if their screw up ripped someone out of 50 bucks. Thus the mottos mean less, because the repercussions lack weight. I suppose a good question to ask yourself might be this.. Do you think the ‘mortgage talk’ would hold as much weight as it does now, if you had 10 times the number of current employees AND customers?

My personal hope would be that answer is yes, but with more employees, more customers, and more money in play, the lower totem pole players in the company will see your mortgage talk as… jibberish bullshit

Nice blog post, really good read, made me think in a bit of different, enjoyable, light. Oh, and hope you don’t mind me commenting on your blog. Although, I know you read mine, so all’s fair.

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