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 ====== Lumon Industries ====== ====== Lumon Industries ======
  
-{{ ::lumon-wide.png?300|}} +<WRAP infobox> 
-Lumon Industries is the world’s leading biotechnology company. It was founded by [[Kier Eagan]]Lumon's first product, a topical salve, was developed in the late nineteenth centuryEvery leader of the company following its founding has been a member of the Eagan family.+| **Lumon Industries** {{ lumon-logo.png?800 |Lumon Industries logo}} || 
 +| {{ lumon-aerial.png?800 |Lumon Industries headquarters}} || 
 +^ Industry    | Biotechnology | 
 +^ Founded     | 1865 | 
 +^ Founder     [[Kier Eagan]] 
 +^ Key people  | [[Jame Eagan]] ([[List of Lumon Industries CEOs|CEO]]) | 
 +^ Website     | [[https://lumon.industries|lumon.industries]]((Fan-made website)) | 
 +^ LinkedIn    | [[https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lumon-industries/|LinkedIn]] 
 +</WRAP>
  
-It is hinted that Lumon is a very large and powerful company, having over hundred thousand employees and offices all over the world.+Founded by [[Kier Eagan]] in 1865,((Season 1, Episode 3, [[In Perpetuity]] (35:59) )) Lumon Industries is the world’s leading biotechnology company. Lumon’s first product, a topical salve, was developed in 1866. Every leader of the company since its founding has been a member of the Eagan family.
  
-=====Company Culture===== +It is hinted that Lumon is a very large and powerful company, having over a hundred thousand employees and numerous offices all over the world.((Season 1, Episode 9, [[The We We Are]] ([[the_we_we_are_transcript#section001855220|19:02]]) )) From their humble beginnings as a salve company, Lumon grew into medical technoloy and other spheres of the tech space. While it is influential across its corporate reach, its headquarters in [[Kier, PE]] do the most cutting edge [[Theories about Macrodata Refinement|work]].
-The culture at Lumon is dominated by the philosophy and writings of its founder. The company encourages its employees to revere Kier Eagan's works and follow his principles closelyIt is commonplace to quote Kier Eagan as a form of response in conversation.+
  
-In addition to the written materials, the office spaces at Lumon are decorated primarily with paintings depicting scenes from the life of its founderThe collection of paintings is vast and is carefully guarded and maintained by Optics and Design (O&D) which is located on the [[Severed floor]]. Paintings are rotated throughout the buildinggiving employees to see a variety of images.+Lumon Industries had humble beginnings, and its original logo of a flask, spoon, and drop of fluid reflects its original mandateThis logo is featured on a signet ring worn by current Lumon CEO, [[Jame Eagan]], and it can be assumed would pass to his daughter [[Helly|Helena]] upon his [[revolving]].
  
-=====Lumon Core Principles=====+{{:jame-eagan-ring-lumon-logo.jpg?200|}}
  
-There are nine core principles which are intended to unite the company's workforce. They are:+{{INLINETOC width18 2}} 
 + 
 +===== Company culture ===== 
 + 
 +The culture at Lumon is dominated by the philosophy and writings of its founder. The company encourages its employees to revere Kier Eagan’s works and follow his principles closely. It is commonplace to quote [[Compliance|Kier Eagan]] as a form of response in conversation. 
 + 
 +<WRAP figure right> 
 +{{the-courtship-of-kier-and-imogene.jpg?1200x800|The Courtship of Kier and Imogene}} 
 +The Courtship of Kier and Imogene((Season 1, Episode 5, [[The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design]] (38:10) )) 
 +</WRAP> 
 + 
 +In addition to the written materials, the office spaces at Lumon are decorated primarily with oil [[art|paintings]] depicting scenes from the life of its founder. The collection of paintings is vast and is carefully guarded and maintained by the department of [[Optics and Design]], which is located on the [[Severed Floor]]. Paintings are rotated throughout the building,((Season 1, Episode 4, [[The You You Are]] ([[The You You Are Transcript#section001214319|12:14]]) )) giving employees the opportunity to see a variety of images since their movements are monitored and constrained. 
 + 
 +\\ 
 + 
 +===== Lumon’s Core Principles ===== 
 + 
 +<WRAP figure right> 
 +{{united_in_severance.jpg?1400x800|Company motto, United in Severance}} 
 +Company motto, United in Severance 
 +</WRAP> 
 + 
 +There are nine [[Core Principles]], intended to unite the companys workforce. They are:
  
   - Vision   - Vision
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   - Humility   - Humility
   - Benevolence   - Benevolence
-  - Nibleness+  - Nimbleness
   - Probity   - Probity
   - Wiles   - Wiles
-   
- According to the copy of the handbook smuggled out by a former employee included in [[The Lexington Letter]], the principles are meant to overlap and intertwine, emphasizing good social skills to promote the idea that the company is a family. 
  
 +According to the copy of the handbook smuggled out by a former employee included in //[[severance-_the_lexington_letter]]//, the principles are meant to overlap and intertwine, emphasizing good social skills to promote the idea that the company is a family.
 +
 +===== Products =====
 +
 +  * [[Severance chip]]
 +  * [[Lumon Brings Clean water to Lesotho|Tumwater]]
 +  * [[Soap]]
 +
 +===== Social media presence =====
 +
 +Lumon Industries has an official LinkedIn page, where advertisements, announcements, and statements are posted.(([[https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/lumon-industries|Lumon Industries LinkedIn page]])) Among the published material are ID badges of [[Macrodata Refinement]] employees and a series of videos titled “Tour Lumon with [[Dylan George|Dylan G]],” providing a closer look at “the inner workings of the mysterious company.”((Production lead Joey Schaefer’s [[https://joeyschaefer.work/work-1/apple-tv-severance|personal website]])) Lumon’s LinkedIn also warns people not to download //The Lexington Letter//, stating that they do not “support or confirm its contents.”((Lumon Industries, [[https://www.linkedin.com/posts/lumon-industries_ad-activity-6910745385338617856-ZY_f|LinkedIn]]))
 +
 +{{ id_badges_collage.jpg?1200 |ID badges of the Macrodata Refinement employees}}
 +
 +It should also be noted that this is the first and only time LinkedIn has allowed a fictional company page.((Joey Schaefer, [[https://youtu.be/PKcozmBSlf8?t=33|Marketing Highlights]]))
 +
 +
 +===== Controversies =====
 +
 +<WRAP figure right>
 +{{newspaper_article.jpg?800|Newspaper article titled “Severed Worker Sues for Information Following Injury”}}
 +Newspaper article titled “Severed Worker Sues for Information Following Injury”((Season 1, Episode 9, [[The We We Are]] (20:24) ))
 +</WRAP>
 +
 +Outside the company walls, the power and practices of Lumon Industries are politically controversial. [[whole_mind_collective|Activists]] and [[Steven|journalists]] attempt to expose the truth about the [[Severance Procedure|Severance procedure]], as it is suggested that the Severance implant might gain wide use elsewhere in society, possibly against the will of the people.
 +
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 +{{tag>Locations Lumon_Industries_HQ}}
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