#Employee

An employee is a small boat tossed on the ocean called a corporation, rowing ceaselessly with an oar named manual. While skillfully paddling for praise, behind the graceful waves lurk chains called quotas tightening every stroke. They refine their talents seeking evaluation and applause, yet carry the sorrow of being mere errand runners for those on higher floors. The dignity of weekends bows before overtime, and promotion dreams await on the top floor of a building without elevators. What managers call a “team” often becomes synonymous with surveillance and control. Tied to an anchor called productivity, they race today again without earning the title of “corporate slave.”

An engagement survey is an internal ritual that quantifies how much employees love their company while simultaneously suffocating them with analytics. In other words, it tells you we value you and then slaps unfeeling graphs in your face. Participants feed their ego by answering, while non-participants earn the cold stare of workplace ostracism, a perfect corporate paradox. Typically held annually, its results are a public spectacle of praise and shame. It is the sublime art of turning sentiments into spreadsheets.