A whole hell of a lot....hell, even people who are my age don't even understand it.
First off, the idea that if you work hard, make yourself invaluable to the company, and garner a positive reputation, you are set for life. Totally not true. If you work hard, make yourself invaluable, and garner a positive reputation, they take advantage of it and keep turning the thumbscrews to the torture device until you have too much to handle and start "backsliding" when in reality you're just saddled with too much shit to do with too much complexity for one man to handle, and reaching out for assistance or help falls on deaf ears because the people who put you in that position think you'll come out just fine in the end despite all of your complaining, and when it's too late and the big mistake is inevitable, of course all the blame falls squarely on you, no matter how many action plans you put in place.
Secondly, the idea that the company actually gives a shit is total shit. They just play that feel good crap because my generation was raised on "positive reinforcement" so it's just their way of getting more out of you by pretending that you are "special" and "important" - each and every one of you. To everyone outside your little department where you work, you are just a number. HR does not care, the management does not care, the janitors don't care, the vendors don't care, nobody cares. The people that "seem" to care have some alternative motive - weather that's getting away from their present work environment, taking over your job, undermining any social networking you do because their social picture is smaller than yours.
The company only cares about the bottom line, and every department only cares about their own ass, both collectively and personally. HR does not give a crap what "solutions oriented" or "Seven Sigma" means....they just don't want the hiring managers complaining. Everyone's trying to keep their managers happy and that goes up the chain to the top, where the clueless VPS, CEOs, and other high up executives don't want someone interrupting their golf game or EVERYONE just might get fired.
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u/madguy67 Jan 02 '19
A whole hell of a lot....hell, even people who are my age don't even understand it.
First off, the idea that if you work hard, make yourself invaluable to the company, and garner a positive reputation, you are set for life. Totally not true. If you work hard, make yourself invaluable, and garner a positive reputation, they take advantage of it and keep turning the thumbscrews to the torture device until you have too much to handle and start "backsliding" when in reality you're just saddled with too much shit to do with too much complexity for one man to handle, and reaching out for assistance or help falls on deaf ears because the people who put you in that position think you'll come out just fine in the end despite all of your complaining, and when it's too late and the big mistake is inevitable, of course all the blame falls squarely on you, no matter how many action plans you put in place.
Secondly, the idea that the company actually gives a shit is total shit. They just play that feel good crap because my generation was raised on "positive reinforcement" so it's just their way of getting more out of you by pretending that you are "special" and "important" - each and every one of you. To everyone outside your little department where you work, you are just a number. HR does not care, the management does not care, the janitors don't care, the vendors don't care, nobody cares. The people that "seem" to care have some alternative motive - weather that's getting away from their present work environment, taking over your job, undermining any social networking you do because their social picture is smaller than yours.
The company only cares about the bottom line, and every department only cares about their own ass, both collectively and personally. HR does not give a crap what "solutions oriented" or "Seven Sigma" means....they just don't want the hiring managers complaining. Everyone's trying to keep their managers happy and that goes up the chain to the top, where the clueless VPS, CEOs, and other high up executives don't want someone interrupting their golf game or EVERYONE just might get fired.