仇視企業(yè)要不得
????你知道我們說的是什么。有一群人他們?cè)?jīng)非常認(rèn)真地對(duì)待研究,閑暇時(shí)抗議一下社會(huì)公平。畢業(yè)后他們找到了工作,準(zhǔn)備大干一場(chǎng)。一切都很好,直到10-15年后,他們聽說(在他們看來)大學(xué)里不務(wù)正業(yè)、尋歡作樂的“小人物”已經(jīng)在華爾街發(fā)了財(cái)。而且,還沒有把這個(gè)世界變得更好。只不過是小人得勢(shì),沆瀣一氣罷了。 ????好吧,也許這些足以讓人痛恨企業(yè)。但其實(shí)并不應(yīng)該。首先,即便華爾街是影視節(jié)目中的典型企業(yè)形象,更多的企業(yè)卻是由消費(fèi)和制造公司組成,他們生產(chǎn)和銷售真實(shí)的商品,是家族企業(yè),初創(chuàng)企業(yè),農(nóng)場(chǎng)和街角的商店等等,不一而足。企業(yè)就是每天美國運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)的基石。 ????其次,同樣重要的是,不應(yīng)該污蔑企業(yè),這是讓一個(gè)國家走向繁榮的唯一道路。每個(gè)人都知道經(jīng)濟(jì)必須得到改善,但經(jīng)濟(jì)只能在鼓勵(lì)企業(yè)、甚至關(guān)愛企業(yè)的環(huán)境中得到改進(jìn)。整體氛圍很重要。一旦敵意盛行,大企業(yè)會(huì)擔(dān)心監(jiān)管問題,大多數(shù)公司會(huì)都會(huì)更加嚴(yán)格地控制資本支出、人員招聘和其他。企業(yè)家們會(huì)擔(dān)心現(xiàn)在可能不是擴(kuò)張的時(shí)機(jī)。 ????看,如果你想要工作(其實(shí)誰不想要呢?),就必須接受現(xiàn)實(shí)。仇視企業(yè)傷害的不僅僅是企業(yè)。 ????它還會(huì)斷了我們每個(gè)人面前的路。 ????譯者:早稻米 |
????You know what we mean. You have a group of people who once took their studies very seriously and protested for social justice in their free time. After graduation, they took jobs where they felt they could fight the good fight. That was all well and good until 10 or 15 years out, when they started hearing stories about the obnoxious loudmouths who majored in playing the angles and minored in beer pong. These "lightweights" (in their view) had struck it rich on Wall Street. And not by making the world a better place. No -- simply by showing up and chumming around. ????Okay, so maybe that is enough to make you hate business. Except you shouldn't. First of all, even if Wall Street shows up in movies and on TV as the archetype, far more of U.S. business comprises consumer and manufacturing companies making and selling real stuff, family-run enterprises, startups, farms, corner stores -- you name it. American business is what America does every day. ????But just as important, you shouldn't vilify American business, since it's our only road back to a thriving country. Everyone knows that our economy must improve, but it can improve only in an environment that encourages business -- and, yes, even loves it. Atmosphere matters. When hostility reigns, big enterprises worry about the regulations coming down the pike, and most hunker down on the capital-spending front, human and otherwise. Entrepreneurs worry it's not the right time to expand. ????Look, if you want jobs -- and who doesn't? -- you have to come to terms with reality. Hating business doesn't just hurt business. ????It destroys the way forward for everyone. |