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Upper management just wants people that can be easily controlled, that will follow orders, and that don't create problems or complain. Middle management might c
by m_rpn 3y ago
Upper management just wants people that can be easily controlled, that will follow orders, and that don't create problems or complain. Middle management might care more about performance/skills, but the higher you go the more those things become irrelevant.
For the average company a "good employee" doesn't have to be a skilled one, but just one that obeys the boss.
This is also true for engineers unless you work for a totally meritocratic PhD led 4 people startup that builds quantum-enabled crypto-agnostic vacuum cleaners.
- LatteLazy 3y agoI guess the more employees you have under you, the more you just view them all as average and accept that they will just be average. That actually makes sense statistically. I'm just surprised it's the dominant model with about 100 people...
- m_rpn 3y agoYou can find this mentality in companies of any size, even if it's probably more common in medium to big sized companies. Point is that in general people that are upper in the chain are usually pretty self-important and see themselves as indispensable, while everyone below is seen as disposable, so as soon as you drift out of their simpaties and their plans they don't care about you anymore. Obviously there are senior managers/bosses smart enough to know about those 2 or 3 people that they absolutely need to keep for reasons(they know secrets, they have some super rare skills, ...) otherwise the company will just disintegrate. Humans are selfish, as simple as that, almost nobody goes up in the company ladder for virtue, more for greed and convenience usually, so it's not so strange that things are like this.