Committed

by Lowell Embs

"Committed" is what happened to me when I refused to resign as South Texas Sales Manager for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, my employer of over twenty-six years. Two Sheriff's Deputies... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964566206
• ISBN13: 9780964566200
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Committed Consulting
• Length: 347 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Top Insurance Salesman Commited 47 Times by Employers....

Lowell "Duke" Embs was a top salesman for one of the largest insurance companies in America--Connecticut Mutual. In 1981 his superiors confronted him and told him that they wanted him to resign--after 26 years of excellent sales history--before retirement.When he refused, the company began a series of incarcerations, using the mental health industry to intimidate and coerce Mr. Embs into submission. He was beaten several times and his ribs were broken twice. He refused to give in, and the price he paid was tremendous.Even though some of the mental health workers found him completely sane and unsuitable for retention, it was possible under the law to hold him for various periods of time; thus, while he was able to get free from time to time, it was usually only a matter of days before police would stop him in his vehicle and rearrest him on sometimes phoney charges--all at the behest of a giant insurance company."Duke" Embs' story is a cautionary tale for all of us who like to believe we're actually safe and free, as it is the truly scary account of an honest, hardworking salesman who was repeatly abused in the worst possible ways by a blind mental health industry and a megacorporate tyranny--all in order to not have to pay retirement to a faithful employee of 26 years.In a letter to the author, Tipper Gore writes: "This book provides a unique insight into the conditions of mental health facilities and truly moving and thought-provoking personal accounts of being 'committed'. Your story will stay with me as I continue to fight for the changes we so desperately need in our nation's mental health care system."