James Hardie
For about 3 or 4 year years in my late thirties I dabbled with corporate employment.
I dabbled and they suffered.
Like a polyester suit in the tropics it never really worked for me.
At least I gave it a good shake before pulling the plug.
In the end, I just had to admit that any organisation over say 50 people was too big for my capacity to bear bullshit.
Corporate life did however give me a sound basis to negotiate deals with corporations though.
Most negotiations require a great deal of empathy for the other side, including an understanding of the individual motivations of your counter-party apparatchiks.