An Analysis Of Orientation By David Orozco

During a meeting, Ehrenreich expressed her complaint about the vacuum; however, when she looks towards the other employees, she notices the silence of the other employees. Ehrenreich looked towards the other employees for some support in the concerns expressed in the meeting, but instead finds them silent in their own world. She describes one of her fellow waitresses, Gail, as her role model, but at a meeting, she “stares sorrowfully at a point six inches from her nose” (pg 131). Though Ehrenreich viewed Gail as someone she can look up to and model after in her current occupation, Ehrenreich observes a moment where Gail is detached from the meeting’s concerns. Ehrenreich uses her observation of her fellow employees to strengthen her appeal to pathos. She builds her focus on pathos by describing the situation where she experienced the lack of support from her coworkers. Ehrenreich looks for support from her coworkers to help enforce the concern amongst everyone, but finds that everyone impartial to what is being discussed. Even her coworker Gail, who she views as a role model, did not offer her support for the concerns

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In the short story, “Orientation”, by Daniel Orozco there is a major contrast in the setting of the workplace and of the detailed descriptions of those who work there. Orozco successfully utilizes the literary elements of tone, symbolism, setting, point of view, characters and structure to emphasize the idea that a workplace does not successfully identify those who are employed. In the story, the narrator is giving a somewhat unusual orientation to a new employee. During the orientation the new employee is introduced to the function of the workplace, as well as, the interactions and lifestyles of those who they may be working with.

​In the story, Orientation, wrote by Daniel Orozco, he captures the true spirit of the stereotypical workplace, by using the lack of dialogue, humor, and repetition. The story conveys a sense of workplace alienation. This story is all about the tension between people’s essential identity, crucial interconnectedness, and collaboration required of workers. He shows a new employee the ropes. It features a deadpan mix of senseless instructions. Orozco describes the absurd work environment, and he shows the readers to see the wide variety of social absurdities that employees can find in the workplace. Orozco gives a lot information about the work expectations and his co-workers’ private life; he also implies some perspectives about bullying in his workplace. He brings out the typical office affair to reflect human relationships.

In Daniel Orozco’s Orientation, a nameless character is shown the ropes of the inner office workings as a new employee. The conflict is the surprising contrast between what appears to be normal, monotonous office procedures with the disturbing insights into the personal lives of the employees that work there; professionalism versus unprofessionalism. This conflict affects everyone in the story by the sheer discomfort of everyone knowing everyone else’s businesses, while maintaining the facade of not knowing or “you may be let go” (Orozco).

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,

A special place is my job at Moe’s Southwest Grill. People go there to eat or work. The customers are greeted with a friendly “Welcome to Moe’s” from the staff. Moe’s is located in a remodeled building near the Carilion Clinic and Dr. Pepper Park. The building has four walls of red and brown bricks and a tin roof. Ten clear glass window panes and eight doors make this a unique building. The water hose gives a drink to the thirsty plants growing in the hot sun. The growing green and healthy plants in the mulch are a welcome to the customer. On the outdoor patio, dim lights provide the diners with a romantic atmosphere and a view of the Roanoke Star at night. During the day, umbrellas protect the diners from the sun while enjoying nature during lunch. Pull open the heavy door and

In the film Office space Peter Gibbons hates his job. Peter is not alone his best friend’s feel the same way. They hate the commute too and their boss. Initech hires consultants to down size the company. While at work Peter makes a tiny mistake and every boss comes by his cubical to tell him about his mistake and talk down about his minor mistake. Peter is invited by his cheating girlfriend to a hypnotherapist. During Peter’s session Peter tries to explain his day” So I was sitting in my cubicle today, and I realized, ever since I started working, every single day of my life has been worse than the day before it. So that means that every single day that you see me, that's on the worst day of my life” (Judge). This a small glimpse into how Peter is feeling. The therapist dies leaving Peter in a hypnotic trance. Peter abandons his responsibility to his job by not showing up for work all weekend. Peter and his co-workers appear to lack motivation on the job. Peters boss Bill Lumberg is a prime example of how by not providing his employees with the proper motivational skills needed for the job. In reality motivation is one key element in the world of work to a successful business.

Mark Twain said, "Let us consider that we are all insane. It will explain us to each other; it will unriddle many riddles”. The job of a Criminal profiler is to “unriddle” the psyche and crime scene, and by doing so, pin pointing a person-of-interest based on behavioral characteristics of the person and the crime. Criminal profiling has been used for many years, and has helped law enforcement find and convict many criminals, and has many times been called the crossroads of psychology and law enforcement.

Orientation is an interesting read but brings up serious moral questions when it comes to personal privacy in the work place. The premise of the story involves the narrator walking the reader through an office orientation. Typically, work orientation involves introducing new employees to work practices and co-workers. It is an opportunity for company to put its best foot forward, while helping set the work pace and lifestyle for new employees. However, in “Orientation,” Daniel Orozco takes a serious detour from the normal route and takes the reader on a dark tour through the personal lives of his or her co-workers. Although office romances, inappropriate work practices, and violations of personal privacy often happen in the real world, it is hardly acceptable in today’s society to openly talk about it.

• Overworking of the engineers and staff may lead to inferior product quality, low staff morale due to lost vacation days and possible dissension within the staff.

Overly informed with supposed facts and loaded with gossip, the narrator in Orientation knows an unsettling amount of intimate life details about his co-workers. Odd for an office setting that is portrayed as one so uneventful. He tells a story of one of the workers Anika Bloom, he shares how at the office Christmas party her “left palm began to bleed. She fell into a trance, stared into her hand, and told Barry Hacker when and how his wife would die” (Orozco, p. 9). The narrator also shares information about Gwendolyn Stich. He tells how she is always smiley, always has her door open to the office members and always wishes everyone a good morning. The narrator then tells that she has a deeper side to her private life when he mentions how “she

As you’re getting the rundown of the company you find that there are specific elements of this story that contradict the traditional environment of a work place. Besides the previous fact, the employee that is basically showing you around gives you a set of rules you must follow or you would be terminated, only to bring up an employee that keeps up highly inappropriate behavior that is allowed by the company. “John LaFontaine, who sits over there, uses the women’s room occasionally. He says it is accidental. We know better, but we let it pass…”

The short story, “Orientation” by Daniel Orozco will leave the reader with many questions. Think about a horror film. Is there always killing or ghosts? Not always. In this short story we are introduced to a different type of a horror. A horror in the way of control, inhumane thoughts, actions,and, even invading privacy. This story goes into the personal lives of its characters and explains their home lives, who they are in love with, and even one of the characters is expressed as a serial killer. This workplace, will find out information, you as the employer may not want anyone knowing. It is a way of telling the new employer that they don't have much freedom, and that the company will have control over them during the 8 hour work shift. And,