Just as religious cults revolve around the lofty mission if its leader, work cults center around the rules, regulations and culture of the organization. Even loafers were prohibited. Corporate cults can be traced back to the turn of the century when workers were financially tied to their companies. Today, workers are emotionally bound because work often becomes more important than community and family, according to Arnott. There's a danger to running code and staring at a monitor from morning to dusk.
People have an innate desire to associate with others.
Technology suppresses that. Corporate cults are like dysfunctional families in which there are no boundaries between the individual member and the family, says Arnott. If you're a brilliant techie, Arnott says you maybe hired and promoted for who you are yet continued employment is based on what you do. That's why the paradoxical promise of the corporate cult is so dangerous. We all give up who we are for what we do, according to Arnott.