Better Factories Through Role Playing

pacopico writes "A former Ford executive has taken his unique brand of factory training to the public. According to Businessweek, Hossein Nivi has set up a new company called Pendaran that forces people to endure a week-long, manic training simulation that's meant to produce safer, better workers. The participants — lots of people from the tech and military fields — get yelled at by actors while they try to assemble things like golf carts and airplanes in a simulation that mixes virtual tasks on computers with real world tasks. After their spirits get broken, the workers actually start functioning as a well-oiled team. It sounds both awesome and bizarre."

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That does not sound awesome

[Anonymous Coward]

Getting yelled at until your spirit is broken? You think that sounds awesome?

This isn't new or unique, we've been whipping slaves as long as we've had them. Dehumanize people, then work them like animals. Woo hoo sign me up.

Re:That does not sound awesome

[rtb61]

Of course if you read reality into the lie, those people with and independent resistive streak, fail the course and are excluded from employment. Basically testing to ensure those people employed are meek, obedient and will accept abuse. That is all one week provides, the opportunity to exclude those not born to be slaves.

The Marine Corps Called...

[bughunter]

After their spirits get broken, the workers actually start functioning as a well-oiled team. It sounds both awesome and bizarre.

This has otherwise been known as "Boot Camp" or "Basic Training" for generations of soldiers.