Be an executive or a professor or a minister

[Boojuum]

I recently thought that one of the appealing pieces of cos was the job openings. With a few months of training, you could be more capable than a psychologist and treating patients. With a few weeks of training, you could be a manager or even an executive. With a few more months of training, you could be a professor. With a few days of training, you could be a minister with a title of Reverend. One could wear a tie to work and be someone important and respected.

For many of us, it was a big deal to be more than someone who worked at a restaurant or mowed lawns or painted houses.

Being at total cause over matter, energy, space, time, life, form and thought...well, that sounded pretty good as well.

The staff jobs sounded so great. The words, "executive", "reverend", "professor", sent a powerful image to me and helped to bring me into the fold.

Anyone else out there entranced by the positions offered?

 

[GreyWolf]

Yup. First I got a job as a book seller then was enticed with the position of PES at my local mission.. Then as PES for a class v Org.

 

[R6Basic]

I had read DMSMH twice through by the time I was taking courses at the mission. They said I could come on staff and be AN AUDITOR

That was all I needed.

lol of course what I ended up doing, for at least the first two years was mowing there lawn. BUT I had a cool post title "ESTATES OFFICER."

 

[Commander Birdsong]

aurum idiot or

yeah. big time. poet. cabdriver. auditor. soldier. father. christian. crazy old hippie. and don't worry forgetting 'cause i'll damn well remind you.

 

[nozeno]

 

[La La Lou Lou]

Hell, I once thought that 'in charge' sounded impressive!

 

[Commander Birdsong]

HELP WANTED

Hell, I once thought that 'in charge' sounded impressive!

it is.

anyone care to be in charge of the light brigade?

 

[Auditor's Toad]

...being able to REALLY help people?

 

[uniquemand]

I had read DMSMH, like R6Basic, and wanted nothing more than to be an Auditor. What I didn't realize was that I already was (I delivered a session with VVGIs immediately after reading the book). It was nice to have a place to go where I felt I was needed and wanted, valued, with my own comm basket! While it might be fun to make jokes about it, it really was a nice break from being a fry cook and dishwasher.

 

[Arthur Dent]

Hell, I once thought that 'in charge' sounded impressive!

Yes, always liked that!
At the beginning I was a reg. I evaluated OCAs and told, well, everyone, that they needed scientology. My skills were such that, in no time flat, I was promoted to divisional Secretary (I'm sure the British parliment department head definition was intended --- sort of goes along with the fake Navy thing).

It is very hard to get ahead in a scientology organization, as you know. You can only move up the org board if you are breathing.

 

[SweetnessandLight]

 

[La La Lou Lou]

They are great titles, who would think that Director of Technical Services was the jerk that ran folders from auditor to the C/S. Public Executive Secretary was the guy that did body routing and gave the results of the Oxford Capacity Analysis test. Director of Communications was the guy that told you to write letters and that it didn't matter how bad they were, volume was most important.

Anywhere else these jobs would be junior clerks.

 

[Dulloldfart]

Anywhere else these jobs would be junior clerks.

Depends on the size of the company. For example, I am Executive Vice President of Global Expansion for PaulsRobot, among other (silly) titles. Not that I have a company. Or an org board. Or use any titles, for that matter.

Paul

 

[Reasonable]

This is all very true. However the internet is doing the same thing. Just by doing “research” on the internet you too can know more than a doctor, be your own acupuncturist, learn to sing in 10 minutes, and give legal advice. Have you seen all the rediculous “Certificate Programs” out there?

 

[La La Lou Lou]

This is all very true. However the internet is doing the same thing. Just by doing “research” on the internet you too can know more than a doctor, be your own acupuncturist, learn to sing in 10 minutes, and give legal advice. Have you seen all the rediculous “Certificate Programs” out there?

I've heard of the University of Life but a degree based on information off the internet would be interesting. There is a lot of information for example on nutrition. However most of it is from manufacturers of ready meals letting you know how good transfat is for your toenails. You can find plenty of essays on how smoking is good for you too. Aloe Vera can cure all illness. If you have AIDS all you have to do is to rape a virgin etc etc. ''I have a masters degree from the University of Google''!

 

[GreyLensman]

Yup. First I got a job as a book seller then was enticed with the position of PES at my local mission.. Then as PES for a class v Org.

And then I looked around and realized I was thirty-something and renting a shack shit-place somewhere and driving a crap car, and struggling to pay bills and keep even, not close to "ahead", whatever that was. But I was "making it go right", alright, and looking for two things to handle oh boy if I was having trouble handling one and I had dreams, I tell you, I had dreams...

There was a thread about what you could have said to your former self.

"God you are really busy deluding myself/yourself that this is in any way a good idea for having a life..."