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I find it really interesting. I had a great manager at my last company. Very good people person, would read on his own time to try and improve himself, etc. He

I find it really interesting. I had a great manager at my last company. Very good people person, would read on his own time to try and improve himself, etc. He had also been in our department the longest - upper management was always coming and going every 2-3 years. I asked him one time why he didn't want to go for one of those higher level positions and would rather stay at this sort of stressful one after a decade. He said he didn't want to deal with all the headaches at that level (more meetings with C-level people). He just wanted to keep his head down, take care of his team, and go home (a 1-2 hr commute each way). Given the precarity of much existence in the US, and the ability to be fired on a whim, it's no wonder the 'drone' mentality, of not bucking the system, is pretty normal. Suck up the BS until you can retire. I guess at least these days most of us don't have to deal with hot tar.

duxup 5y ago
The odds of being fired randomly isn't that high in most jobs really. Nobody wants to go through the hassle of hiring and training new people. It's not a very realistic risk for most people.
- JBlue42 5y ago
  It's worse (mentally, financially, socially) for the one getting laid off than for the company. Places that are used to high turnover already have systems in place to go through the whole process. In the US, the need to 'go along to get along' is greater since healthcare and employment are so intertwined. I know plenty of people that would move onto other organizations or working for themselves if their families weren't reliant on their employer-provided healthcare. Same with the manager I mentioned in my comment - stay at home wife, two young kids.