I agree with the articles and have seen these manipulations in my large employer. I wanted to drink the kool aid and be a happy camper but I developed a cogniti

I agree with the articles and have seen these manipulations in my large employer. I wanted to drink the kool aid and be a happy camper but I developed a cognitive dissonance that resulted in my quitting. My salary was good and I was not being exploited in any way, it was just the constant lie that money was not the overarching decision maker that made me sick. The only alternative I see is paying employees their worth, and admitting the only tool of any worth is money. Of course a company wants to save money wherever possible, because who is the leadership responsible to, the owners, not the customers and not the employees. As an employee then maybe it is about taking on the values of the leadership, money first, but that is not the employee's job. The employee has a task that needs to be solved and if that task will be done for less money because of values then it is the responsibility of the leadership to exploit those values. Leadership has decided how employees time is to be used effectively and that is why they provided employees with a list of tasks. For me honesty was more important than the job, but I know I’m in the minority and paying the price for it.