The Saudi Golem

If you've spent enough time in a Saudi 'professional' environment, you would realise that innovation isn't the establishments strong suit (unless your are talking about innovative gossip). The gears here have rusted long ago, and it has become an unwritten clause in a managers job description to squash the asspiring spirits of new/fresh blood.

There is an initial resistance to this, but with no alternatives but becoming a thief that steals gas canisters, or a junkie drifter that plays car bowling with spectators, being an employee has become a process of dehumanizing the masses.

There is no work ethic, just blind following, factions within the same company are reminiscent of clans of yesteryear where managers would send/transfer key employees to become their eyes and ears and no more.

In fact, getting a job, especially in a government sector would mean sacrificing yourself and morphing into a golem, a creature thats sole purpose is to do your managers/masters bidding.

With the oil boom going toward the inevitable climax, and thousands of Saudi students green with their inexperience of the Saudi workplace, there are bound to be some archgolams in the future wreaking havoc or breaking down with that reality collision.