I think that pretty much every major corporation that exists today has become complacent/negligent like this to some extent. I have a theory: As corporations

I think that pretty much every major corporation that exists today has become complacent/negligent like this to some extent. I have a theory: As corporations become monopolies (or become part of stable oligopolies); management becomes complacent and loses its focus on raw competence; they start to promote employees based on social connections (and popularity with peers) instead of skill - So then, actually competent employees become disillusioned with management, lose faith in the system and they get lazy. I think the workplace has become too social. Managers these days are terrible. I've worked with/for many managers as a contractor (maybe 10 in total) and out of all of them, I think there was only maybe 1 or 2 who were actually competent. I think if companies just promoted based on age, they'd do a better job overall. It's depressing to see brilliant, experienced people in their late 30s still working as low-ranking employees (under the direction of some inexperienced 20-something). Some big companies are indistinguishable from communism - People there are lazy because they know that good work doesn't get rewarded; it's the customers who end up paying through lost quality of goods and services.