A Daunting Introduction during Office Orientations

1. The sexual harassment issue experienced by Julie from her co-worker, as well as the “ogling” she faced

Charters notes that the “second person narration, you, is less common” and used to create a “dramatic intimacy” (Charters 1684). This intimacy created by Diaz’s work through his choice to use a second person point of view is to create a self-reflective work, appearing as if the narrator is looking back on a younger version of himself, as if a letter to himself at fifteen years old. This is apparent in the opening paragraph of the text, in which Diaz writes “wait for your brother and your mother to leave the apartment” (Diaz 394). It is safe to rule out that the narrator is talking to a brother, as it is unlikely that the narrator would refer to himself in third person. If the narrator was talking to another relative, such as a cousin, it is still assumed that he would refer to his aunt in a more affectionate way than “your mother”. Even more so, the mention of the audience’s “tia who likes to squeeze your nuts” (Diaz 394) is a very intimate detail that would not be public knowledge shared to those outside of the encounter. Another aspect that leads to the claim that the narrator is looking back on a younger version of himself is the narrator’s awareness of the Central American customs found within the audience’s home, for instance, the “basket with all the crapped-on toilet paper under the sink” (Diaz 394). This

Build a career for yourself that you do not need a vacation from but always keep the separation of work and life. In Ellen Goodman’s piece “The Company Man”, Goodman describes the habits of a workaholic named Phil who worked himself to death. The author criticizes Phil for neglecting his family and expresses her feelings through rhetorical strategies. Ellen Goodman is bitter and disapproving about the way Phil lived his life because of how many hours he spent at work, how little his family knew about him, and how easily he was replaced.

One decision, whether it is out of impulse or carefully planned, can change the status of someone’s life almost immediately. In John Updike’s short story “A & P,” Sammy tells his story of his last day working at the A & P. It is a normal day at work until three girls walk into the store. He is intrigued and distracted by their presence. When his manager reprimands the girls, he is faced with a decision to defend them or simply watch. Ultimately, Sammy quits his job in order to be a “hero” for the girls, and he realizes that he will have to face the consequences of that decision.

Through Orozco short story “Orientation,” he describes humorous, uncomfortable, and unprofessional situations in which the readers gets an insight on what he is about to experience in his new work place. Orozco bounces between,

Once an employee attends New Hire Onboarding and the manager has requested the new employee to become registered with NMLS due to the job responsibilities including originating mortgage loans, the following steps must be completed:

As a woman working in a world controlled by men she is frequently discriminated against. She longs for a new life. One the allows her to show off her true abilities. However, during this time women were not superior. Men were in charge of the “real” jobs, and the women had to stay inside. Towards the end she understands the true effects this discrimination has on her, writing, “File me under W becuase I once was a women.” The discrimination Jorge faces is similar to those of the secretary’s. He is discriminated for his ethnic background. Jorge often feels that the jobs he acquires are those made for his race, writing, “I must be from the country of janitors.” While working for the church Jorge faces many stereotypes, such as “ [The] fiesta of the bathroom.” These actions ultimately lead Jorge’s decision to leave his

The story is also written in first person point of view. Consistently using words like I and, my. Displaying that all the events in the story happened to her particularly. Example and solid evidence is when Martinez says”

Work is one of the most important tasks fulfilled in an individual’s daily life. Whether, working in an office or at a super market in your local neighborhood, it is one’s dream to find a well-paying job to please his necessities. Workplace can either turn out to be the most fun place or the most miserable place to be on a daily bases. It depends primarily on the workers attitude towards what they do. The protagonist, Davis, is very negative towards his job in Ray Miller’s short story “work.” His job takes place at a basic office where the atmosphere of his surroundings is very frustrating, since none of the employees seem to want to go home even as the night approaches. On the contrary, Sammy, from John Updike’s short story “A&P,” works at a local supermarket named A&P where he is required to ring up groceries for all the customers. To him, this job is nothing but torture and depressing, until comes three ladies dressed in only bathing suits. The teenage cashiers felt excitement when seeing these girls; however the manager Lengal wasn’t quite happy. Instead, being an adult that he is following the societal norms, told them angrily to obey the dress code. This caused Sammy to go against conformity and fight for the girls rights to dress however they want causing him to quit his job. In both literary works, the narrators reveal their attitude towards their workplace in which they feel it’s banal and insipid.

In the film, Office Space, director Mike Judge brings the viewer inside the mind of Peter Gibbons. Peter is not happy at his job as a computer programmer at Initech Corporation. Unable to endure another moment of the tedious, soul-sucking routine and trivial annoyances at Initech; Peter’s soon to be ex-girlfriend talks him into seeing a hypnotherapist. Following one session Peter decides that life is too short to continue the corporate grind. This paper will look at how the film represented some of the more common concerns that employees encounter in the workplace today; such as, erosion of civil liberties, job tasks, working conditions, wages, and promotions. In addition; the ethical aspects of personnel policies and procedures such as promotions, discipline, and wages will be discussed.

Good morning! We are going to do something new and fun with our monthly luncheons here in Stillwater! We are going to start scheduling the luncheons to fall on the week of onboarding, but now here comes the fun part… I will draw a name out of a bag of all STW employees, and the person that I draw gets to pick what restaurant we will order from!

Daniel Orozco, in “Orientation,” uses the omniscient narrator to provide extreme detail on the bevy of personas in the office. The narrator knows the worker’s darkest of secrets, for example “ Kevin Howard sits in that cubicle over there. He is a serial killer” (108). Ironically, the narrator knows the personal and intimate details of the employees’ lives, but no information about the narrator is established. Because Orozco wrote his short story in second person point of view, he brings the narrator and characters to life. His method is a major contribution to providing a detailed description of the setting, however, the setting itself is never actually revealed. The tone of the story is procedural, systematical, and has a

In the past when an employee was hired, onboarding consisted of filling out paperwork for Human Resources and selecting insurance options. In today’s dynamic workplace environment, effective onboarding is important to get employees up to speed and productive at a much faster pace while ensuring the new hire is happy and satisfied in their new position. Tools such as onboarding checklists and on-line forms are the norm. Effective on-boarding is a process that is beneficial to the employer and the employee.

In the article “The Sexist Truth about Office Romance”, the author explains the phenomenon, reason, and social bias on office romance (Drexle, 2014). Even though “both men and women take part in office romance”, due to the discrimination on women, the society blame more on women than on men for this phenomenon (Drexle, 2014). Generally, women in office romance are motivated by advanced jobs while men are motivated by threatening love and ego. Because employees who are involved in interoffice affairs are targets of office gossip, so most of them have negative opinions toward workplace romance. In addition, women are more sensitive than men, which was caused by gender difference, therefore, “women are more likely to report their negative feelings

Compared to most professional office environments, where archetypally extensive training on sexual harassment and intra-office romantic relationships are given, there is a relative lack of formal policy on many college campuses, and students and professors receive little or no briefing on this topic (Barbella, 2010). During most freshmen year orientation instruction are given on everything from how to get along with roommates to how to respond to