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> Fleeing death doesn’t just hurt the people they throw under the bus, it also hurts them. They want to be respected by their employees and often know they are
by default-kramer 6y ago
> Fleeing death doesn’t just hurt the people they throw under the bus, it also hurts them. They want to be respected by their employees and often know they are not. They want to be admired and often know they are not. They also feel guilty screwing people over to survive.
Wow, I never considered there must exist some people who know they are bad at their job, feel bad about it, and yet have to continue doing it to keep paying the bills. This has to be true considering the sheer number of people employed by large organizations.
- marshmellman 6y agoAccording to the author, it’s not just to keep paying the bills. It seems like a lack of self-awareness (or maybe courage) prevents them from realizing that avoiding risks results in self loathing.
- ImaCake 6y agoI would be in the same boat as you a year ago. But I since found myself in a job I was definitely not good at. It sucked very badly. Amusingly enough, most of the reason it sucked was because it was completely dominated by bad faith actors busy keeping their jobs at any cost. Fortunately, I was let go from that job before my probation period ended. Having been in a bad job, it truly feels terrible. It causes stress and you feel like you are always running to catch up but you will never actually make it. It is not difficult to see how this could lead to very negative feelings about the politics of one's workplace as well.
- slim 6y agoall of them know. some of them invent and believe intricate fantasies in which everybody is faking it, nobody is comptent, and is actually secretly behaving like them.. to justify their behavior.