Ex-Occupier now holds Wall Street job

[alp227]

The occupiers of Wall Street have been portrayed by some as radicals, young kids without focus, ne'er-do-wells who'd do anything but get a job. But one woman used her time in at Zuccotti Park differently, and as a result she has gone from Occupy Wall Street to occupying an actual office on Wall Street.

In the gathering of the so-called 99%, Tracy Postert had no idea she would be the one who would be working for the 1%.

"There were some days it was a carnival, or lots of music, drumming, costumes, marching, protesting," said Postert, describing the weeks she spent demonstrating at the park in downtown Manhattan.

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"Passers-by would say, 'Get a job,' and I didn't have a really good response to that," Postert told CNN.

"I wanted to say, 'Well, I'm trying to get a job,' but you know you can't really prove it." Postert said. "So I said, why don't I make a sign (and prove) that I am actively looking for a job?"

Within two days, she said, someone spotted her. They exchanged e-mails, and an offer followed.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/07/us/occupy-wall-street-job/index.html

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

1. Occupy a Desk!

[dkf]

2. So she is a traitor for finding a job?

"I have been accused of being a traitor to both sides. Some people are saying that the whole time I was at Occupy Wall Street I was really a Wall Street insider," says Postert.

[Pirate Smile]

4. So bizarre. She didn't become part of the 1% because she got this job - unless it made her a

multimillionaire.

Plus, there are lots of people within the 1% who support having public policies that support the 99%. Talk about waving around broad brushes and straw men. That article recited a lot of them.

[On the Road]

3. It Was a Smart PR Move by the Executive Who Made the Offer

She couldn't very well refuse it. Good luck to her.

[mwrguy]

5. She is a willing dupe

a PR coup for the corporation.