¶ Corporation
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Corporation:
"When I was a young man in New York I did a lot of work for both Time and Fortune as their science and technology consultant. One of the offshoots of this was that the Chrysler Company asked me to come to Detroit and write a book about their company.
"One of the interesting things I put in the draft of the book was a description of how their staff engineers had developed breakthroughs that saved the company a great deal of money. Later, when I was going over this passage with the top Chrysler officials, they said, ‘Oh you can’t put that in, it’ll just make those fellows ask for more money!’
“This was just one typical illustration of how corporations seem to prefer an adversary role with their employees. They really don’t seem to care if their employees are happy.”
¶ Citations
- RBF to Wm. Donovan, Pres. General Publishing Division, in Macmillan’s executive dining room; above remarks to provide a context for recommending a raise for RBF’s new editor, Michael Denneny, 18 Feb’75.
