Nick Chapman nchapman

Dead-End Jobs: Are You Suffering From Stockholm Syndrome?

By Chad Fowler
Published: December 30, 2010

Have you heard of Stockholm Syndrome? It’s a name given to the condition wherein hostages develop positive feelings toward their captors despite being held in negative, unfavorable and even life-threatening conditions. Victims of Stockholm Syndrome will even inexplicably stay with their captors even when given the chance at freedom.

Hopefully nobody reading this is literally being held hostage right now. If you are, good luck!

For the rest of you, why might I suggest that you are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome? Because employment relationships can manifest themselves in this very way.

	require 'redis/list'
	require 'redis/value'

	class RedisModel
	include ActiveModel::Validations
	include ActiveModel::Conversion
	extend ActiveModel::Naming

	attr_accessor :id

	class ActiveOhm < Ohm::Model
	include ActiveModel::Validations
	include ActiveModel::Conversion
	extend ActiveModel::Naming

	include Ohm::Boundaries
	include Ohm::Callbacks
	include Ohm::Timestamping
	include Ohm::Typecast

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	end
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	class OrganizationsController < ApplicationController
	def index
	@organizations = Organization.all

	respond_with(@organizations)
	end

	def show
	@organization = Organization.find(params[:id])

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