Daniel Orozco Orientation Summary

At the regular human resources committee meeting, the support workers shared with Wolcott who is organization’s human resources manager, their concerns about current organizational structure. They believe that such a structure caused

High turnover is something that goes hand in hand with low wage jobs, so companies are always looking for a workers replacement. Finally Ehrenreich is able to secure employment at a place she give the pseudonym, Hearthside. To help protect identies of companies and people she actually worked for and with, Ehrenreich decides to use fake names to achieve anonymity. Ehrenreich starts out at 2.43 an hour plus tips. One of the first things Ehrenreich notices is that the people around her are only working hard enough to get by. Because the managers will yell at anybody who is done with their work, and not doing something new, the workers seem to be happy with just working at a slow pace, doing just one job. Because the only reward for finishing early is being yelled at by a manager, that apparently spends his day doing nothing, there is no real bonus to go the extra mile. Due to this negative reinforcement, Ehrenreich notes that the restaurant is almost moving in counterproductive mode. With less being worked on, less is being accomplished, attributing to the overall sad appearance and low morale of the restaurant and its employees. The next problem Ehrenreich encounters is the constant berating handed out by her supervisor "Stu". Ehrenreich observes that due to this constant barrage of insults and degradations, workers are forced to feel like they are subhuman. Weekly the managers announce

However, the Dillard family may be happy with their jobs, but for as a typical Dillard’s employee were not. Associates are stress out due to the company’s quota they set for their employees. Through surveys of the worst companies, Dillard’s is rated with a 2.6 on Glassdoor and had been for the following five consecutive years in a roll, which groups Dillard’s among the worst companies to seek employment with or be employed with. Dillard’s environment is very subservient by the ways the employees are worked. Short lunch breaks, restrictions on thing that shouldn’t have limits on them or taking away, Dillard’s don’t have any traffic in the store like in the past, and

In John Updike’s short story “A & P”, a dynamic and round character expresses his subjective attitude towards his views, a plot twist causes him to realize his future. Sammy an opinionated cashier at A & P grocery store does not agree with his Lengel, his manager after he reprimands a particular group of customers at the store. Sammy’s further actions cause him to face the true reality of his future.

I 'll start with the department manager, Shannon. I see her as a strong leader who doesn 't demand too much because she knows how hard it is to be there. She is very caring of the associates who work there, just don 't get on her bad side (like I am because I don 't take lunches). She’s kind of a large women, however, that doesn 't because she is who she is and she is the best manager anyone could ever ask for. On the other hand, she is also married to her lovely husband and the only baby they have together is a dog.

This book had several strengths, for one it contained first hand experience; experiences being that Ehrenreich had worked in different cities and in a wide range of jobs. This was able to give the reader a feel that no job is similar, but the way the employees get treated is similar. For example, Ehrenreich had worked as a waitress, maid, and a cashier. In the time of her waitress occupation she dealt with many unfair rules of management and rude customers. In the time of her maid occupation, she also dealt with unfair rules of management and rude homeowners. Finally, as a cashier; she also dealt with unfair rules of management and unfair schedules that they wouldn’t accommodate to. So the relapsing problems in these jobs that Ehrenreich took on would be that management were the

In this text, Rose eloquently utilizes pathos to create an emotional connection towards the blue-collar workforce. Rose also writes about his family members to try to establish a connection between readers and his memories, so that the reader could relate and begin to understand the requirements of such careers. These experiences demonstrate how passionate workers like Rosie and uncle Joe are about their careers, and how their passion encourages them to seek further ways to learn and improve. Throughout his article Rose vividly recalls the stories for the audience, “Rosie took customers’ orders, pencil poised over pad, while fielding questions about the food. She walked full tilt through the room with plates stretching up her left arm and two cups of coffee somehow cradled in her right hand” (Rose 3). The reader is better able to grasp the fact that blue-collar careers require more intense cognitive abilities than other social classes give them credit

“The employees were complaining for months and somehow the situation escalated to become hostile” Said the assistant Joe Haley. An organization as an entity, a whole, resembles a precise piece of machinery, because there are so many components need to function at the same time in order to make the machine work. As long as one part begins to malfunction, it will eventually influence other parts and create a vicious Domino effect, which damages the entire system quickly if not repaired

From personal experience, upper management, including human

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

The story I chose to write an argumentative essay on is “Orientation” by Daniel Orozco. The story describes what seems to be a man or woman’s first day of a new job in an office setting. A worker whom appears to have been working at the office for a while is showing the main character around and telling interesting life stories about the other coworkers. The author uses literary elements such as setting, tone, and point of view to create the theme of detachment.

I made many assumptions about the narrator’s audience in “Orientation”. I picture the person following along with his mouth slightly open in disbelief looking out over this maze of cubicles. Trying to take in all the information about what is expected of him, wondering about the people and places being pointed out to him, and praying he would remember it all. Keeping up with it made the entire piece hilarious!

Even more alarming than the behavior of the student employees, is that of the students’ supervisors. The supervisors are part of the group working at the cafeteria. Every member of a

Commins was the go-to person throughout the company when work and/or personal issues arose. Don Head, marketing manager, “was considered a ruthless operator” and seemed to be more trouble than he was worth (McShane & Von Glinow, 2013). Yet he contributed to the continuous rising sales and was a marketing guru. Jason Palu, production manager, “was a soft-spoken man” who worked hard to get to his current position (McShane & Von Glinow, 2013). Although revered for his expertise and efficiency, his autocratic mindset left many of his staff jaded. Heather Berkowitz, chief webpage designer, had a very eclectic work lifestyle. She dressed provocatively, had blue hair, and seldom arrived to work before 11:00am. Yet, like many of the others, her quality and quantity of work outweighed her undoubtedly unprofessional demeanor.

Throughout history there have been many successful companies as well as companies that have been a debacle. The success of the company has to do with the management and how it executes its strategy. If the management is ineffective, the company will most likely fail; however, if the company has good management it is more likely to prosper. There are many responsibilities that a manager must complete, chief among them are the four functions of management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling (PowerPoint). In order for the company to be successful the management must fulfill all four functions. In some case not all four functions are met to expectation, with the results that the company to be not as successful as it could be if they