A company whose business model revolves around recruiting wide-eyed recent graduates, and then grinding their optimism into a fine paste which can be converted into money. Identifiable by high turnover rates and ominous mechanical noises emanating from locked offices.

The process is similar to the end of "The Dark Crystal" when they suck the soul out of a muppet.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods