Be the uniform v.II

With the rise of modern technology, employers of all kinds competed to increase production rates. AI alone wasn't enough, and neither were humans, so they had to combine the two.

The leader of a company called Human Resources (HR) sought volunteers to undergo an objectification process in which they would become cyborg drones (code: Trophy men), ready to be sold to companies that demanded them. The volunteers signed the contracts but didn't read the fine print: the loss of their free will. One fresh specimen is Employee 135, standing readily on display to be examined by the boss of a private company. Employee 135's thought patterns have been reduced to robotic commands:

>MEMORY_FILTER() >>DELETE("PERSONAL AMBITIONS") >>DELETE("INDEPENDENCE") >>PRESERVE("COMPANY VALUES")

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The Stepford man can work tirelessly without breaks. The boss could check on him ten hours later and still find him working with the utmost concentration. How does he do that? Easy: he isn't human. He's a robot.

Remember, in Ira Levin's original novel The Stepford Wives, the human wives were replaced by robotic copies made by their husbands. So, in theory, the Stepford man is a robotic copy of the human employee, created by their employer. Unlike the annoying human employee, the robotic employee doesn't complain and can work endlessly.

Part of a proper work ethic is cleanliness. Cleanliness of the mind as well as the body and one's surroundings. What does an employer love in an employee? Cleanliness. What better investment is there for an employer than to have an employee who not only works but cleans too? Why would he waste so much money on a cleaning service when he has his loyal Stepford man? The Stepford man won't mind. In fact, he doesn't have an independent mind.