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> You don't just get trust for free, you have to build it by creating moments like this where people can demonstrate vulnerability around each other Not every
by mkl95 4y ago
> You don't just get trust for free, you have to build it by creating moments like this where people can demonstrate vulnerability around each other
Not every company is an ideal organization where demonstrating vulnerability is going to lead to a positive outcome. Fast growing orgs are often stuck with bad actors because hiring a replacement is difficult, in some cases virtually impossible. You will be stuck in a political game before you are even aware of it and forced to work with people who hate you because you worked for a FAANG or whatever tickles them.
- superpope99 4y agoFair point. I'm someone who's been lucky to work in high-trust low-ego teams at quite a formative stage in my career - and for this reason I try and work for companies that have values oriented around this. My current gig adheres strongly to an "idea meritocracy", and so far I have observed this to hold true. You can tell the founder his ideas suck and that's fine (if you do so in good faith). Perhaps I'm naive and my eyes will be opened to the politics later on, but I don't think so. A lot of my colleagues in other industries often complain about the political nature of their work, and the impossibility of giving feedback to certain people in certain positions. I always assumed this was a tech/non-tech divide - or a small/large company divide. I still think those are good heuristics to be honest, but you're right about the "bad actor" dimension. I think that's why it's so important to have a well-embedded company culture, it functions as an immune system against bad actors and trust/feedback are huge parts of that immune system.