Tommy Come Lately
Nicolas Thomas
A story about an optimistic young man that eventually loses everything as a result of the dissolution of a Fortune 1000 corporation. 401K, IRA, home, and nearly life itself. Standing alone fighting some of the top executives. It takes twenty years to get there and another twenty years to get from there. It describes power games of executives and survival games of employees. And how both contribute to the downfall.
It is about Yankees and Texans, “Big Dogs” and “peons,” corruption and integrity, deception, and honesty. It is about certainty and uncertainty and the destructive nature of silence.
I decided to deny, argue, debate, disagree, and challenge everything. If I wasn’t going to get recognition when I should have, then I’d give them reason not to. With this written response to my review, my insubordination was now on paper. I was proud that I was the only one to not receive a raise. It told me that they were really angry because they lost their little game. That was the best reward I could have received. I had come to feel that the worst statement of my worthiness would be if they thought I was worthy. Things were becoming seriously nasty.
Corporations and Big Dogs are at fundamental odds. If everyone were working on their careers instead of just working, no work would get done. Corporations need these people to make everyone think that none of this is true. They pay big dollars for precisely the kind of people they don’t really want. It is a delicate balance because if there are too few of them the peons might start figuring things out. If there are too many of them the Corporation will go right down the tubes.
This is not the first time that I had experienced her clairvoyant tendencies. Was this electro-weak at work? Was this proton entanglement? One thing I know, this was not coincidence.
Duration - 6h 57m.
Author - Nicolas Thomas.
Narrator - Isaac Minor.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2022 Nicolas Thomas ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
A story about an optimistic young man that eventually loses everything as a result of the dissolution of a Fortune 1000 corporation. 401K, IRA, home, and nearly life itself. Standing alone fighting some of the top executives. It takes twenty years to get there and another twenty years to get from there. It describes power games of executives and survival games of employees. And how both contribute to the downfall. It is about Yankees and Texans, “Big Dogs” and “peons,” corruption and integrity, deception, and honesty. It is about certainty and uncertainty and the destructive nature of silence. I decided to deny, argue, debate, disagree, and challenge everything. If I wasn’t going to get recognition when I should have, then I’d give them reason not to. With this written response to my review, my insubordination was now on paper. I was proud that I was the only one to not receive a raise. It told me that they were really angry because they lost their little game. That was the best reward I could have received. I had come to feel that the worst statement of my worthiness would be if they thought I was worthy. Things were becoming seriously nasty. Corporations and Big Dogs are at fundamental odds. If everyone were working on their careers instead of just working, no work would get done. Corporations need these people to make everyone think that none of this is true. They pay big dollars for precisely the kind of people they don’t really want. It is a delicate balance because if there are too few of them the peons might start figuring things out. If there are too many of them the Corporation will go right down the tubes. This is not the first time that I had experienced her clairvoyant tendencies. Was this electro-weak at work? Was this proton entanglement? One thing I know, this was not coincidence. Duration - 6h 57m. Author - Nicolas Thomas. Narrator - Isaac Minor. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2022 Nicolas Thomas ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
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Retail sample
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02 (prologue)
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03 (chapter 1)
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04 (chapter 2)
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05 (chapter 3)
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06 (chapter 4)
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07 (chapter 5)
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08 (chapter 6)
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09 (chapter 7)
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10 (chapter 8)
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11 (chapter 9)
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12 (chapter 10)
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13 (chapter 11)
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14 (chapter 12)
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15 (chapter 13)
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16 (chapter 14)
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17 (chapter 15)
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18 (chapter 16)
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19 (chapter 17)
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20 (chapter 18)
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21 (chapter 19)
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22 (chapter 20)
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23 (chapter 21)
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24 (chapter 22)
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25 (chapter 23)
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26 (chapter 24)
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27 (chapter 25)
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28 (chapter 26)
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29 (chapter 27)
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30 (chapter 28)
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31 (chapter 29)
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32 (chapter 30)
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33 (chapter 31)
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34 (chapter 32)
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35 (chapter 33)
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36 (chapter 34)
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37 (chapter 35)
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38 (chapter 36)
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39 (chapter 37)
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40 (chapter 38)
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41 (chapter 39)
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42 (chapter 40)
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43 (chapter 41)
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44 (epilogue)
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45 (closing)
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Ending Credits
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