Theory, Metaphors, and Organization: Critical Approaches to Organization Web Lecture

After reading the section on Critical approaches to organization I felt that I could really relate to the dominate metaphor because at my old job I felt that they exploited their employees. Domination metaphor explains how organizations use and exploit employees, damaging employees health and intruding on their personal lives. Domination metaphor theory also shines light on the privileging of management in decision making.

At my previous job my manager was very dominate. At times she would make us feel guilty for leaving the office to grab lunch and leaving other employees behind to deal with customers because we didn't close for lunch so it was well known it was not OK to leave for lunch all the time which I could of sued them for. I also felt that I was exploited, I was hired as an assistant to sales and I was just suppose to file and help out sales once and a while and then I found myself handling full on sales orders and being passed along sales orders from the actual sales people themselves because they didn't want to do it but even though I was doing the same exact job as them I was getting paid a whole $3.oo less because I was just an assistant to them.

Also my manager would change my hours and my schedule on weekly basis not even asking me if it was OK. If we were slow she would tell me not to come in so I wouldn't get paid. One time she didn't have me come into work for a whole month because we were slow.