"Working Girl": The Obstacles Within Corporate America

Introduction In the movie "Working Girl", the star Tess McGill (Melanie Griffith) is a hard working woman who is determined to reach the top of the stock market world by hard work. As she turns 30 she is still stuck in clerical work so when she starts working for Katherine Parker (Sigourney Weaver) she is glad that Katherine is willing to accept input and ideas from her. However, when Katherine goes on a skiing trip and …

…higher up in life. But life is distorted and twisted and people come and go in the game of life. This movie does a good job showing how life really is. The ultimate goal in life is be an executive in a corporation. Success for some is measured by the size of the window in your office and your paycheck. The movie makes this point clear but I know the ultimate goal is true happiness.