I was surprised by the boldness. It’s the kind of transparency I think is needed for transformation and triumph. Some dislike the anonymity, but really guys, it’s giving us a shield against companies that are, on a systemic level, acting as barriers against truth.
Honestly, I think I saw numbers between $100,000 and $500,000. And while my information sleuthing™️ over the years made me aware of that inequality, I am reminded of just how few of us spend any time thinking about it because we’ve got busy lives.
I suppose it’s the same as lawyers in that regard.
I explained in one comment that I believe there is a systematic and a personal responsibility component. What I’ve never been able to figure out is why I have a compulsion toward being a part of correcting the system while most people kind of throw up their hands and say “that’s how it is. bro.“
And I sat behind the levers of our nonprofits and saw that they are not legally structured in such a way that they can effect change except by being acted upon. And that was pretty scary because quite honestly I think the majority of us believe that we’ve got people on this and we don’t. Or perhaps it’s more correct to say that there must be, from all I’ve documented and read, an interesting mix of interests.
And here I am, one in billions, wondering if there’s a pattern that we might be able to create and scale that cascades and impacts industries much larger than our own for the health and well-being of the workers and professionals. Because that would be a billion dollar idea. That would be worth the hours I’ve spent in union training and learning all about the law. I mean, beyond the inherent worth. A systemic cure for personal problems.
But I get busy too.
If there is anything that I have learned from my years as a court reporter and an American it’s that institutions are corrupted by people not caring about other people. Does the lion care about the feelings of the zebra? Can the zebra change his stripes?
Find out on the next episode of Stenonymous.