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> Everyone is just a mercenary. Very little culture or care is created. As they should be. I like and am friends with my colleagues. But I am under no delusion

• senttoschool 3y ago
  That's not the point. The point is that companies with people who care and developed culture is expected to outperform companies where people just feel like they're mercenaries. There is no question that companies with motivated employees who care about the success of the company and those he/she works with are more likely to outcompete companies that don't have same time. Good companies mask the fact that yes, everyone is just a mercenary. It's easier to mask this fact when people work in person.
  • Clubber 3y ago
    The vast majority of companies' politics / culture is absolutely toxic. Everyone can see through it but pretends they can't because they are mercenaries. Office Space and Dilbert have resonated for decades for a reason. Who wants to play office team building games with some random office supplies? Nobody.
    • ilyt 3y ago
      > Who wants to play office team building games with some random office supplies? That's the first time I heard term "office supplies" used to call co-workers
      • Clubber 3y ago
        Hah. That's funny, but that's not what I meant. I mean when they play silly games like who can bowl a tennis ball into a trash can, who can build the biggest pencil tower, who can build a paper airplane that can fly the furthest, etc. "Office supplies," we might have created a new term for an "office NPC."