What Is the Museum of Corporate Loyalty?
This museum grew out of people sharing their work stories on my YouTube channel, Laugh Lines & Life Lessons. Somebody would tell a story and other people would recognize their own lives in it. Behind every company award, gift or piece of paperwork was a person with considerably more to say!
Let’s build a Museum of Corporate Loyalty for the things companies gave us instead of raises and respect and to tell the stories that didn’t make it into the newsletter.
If you've kept something from your working life, I'd love to hear about it and the story behind it. I’m building a place where people can read what happened, recognize their own experience and compare notes. Your former employer won’t be reviewing your submission and you don’t have to finish with how grateful you were for the opportunity.
Let’s hear your side.
Somewhere in your house is a company gift you’ve moved three times, even though you wouldn’t have paid four dollars for it at Goodwill. I want that thing. More importantly, I want to know why you still have it.
Maybe they gave it to you after twenty years of service. Maybe you trained your replacement while wearing the shirt that said you were family. Nothing says family like being asked to document your duties before they escort you out.
Send me the object and tell me what happened. I want people to be able to see it, read your story and recognize something they’ve lived through too. Imagine finding out that someone else also got a leadership award immediately before being told they weren’t leadership material. You could’ve been comparing trophies instead of questioning your entire personality.
It doesn’t have to be a terrible memory. If they got something right, I’d love to hear it. We should probably preserve the evidence.
If you’re ready to part with yours, send it to me. You’ve spent enough years dusting around their version of events. Let’s hear yours.