I hear you. You have honestly identified that the information asymmetry causes trust to be destroyed. It causes cognitive dissonance among ICs, leading to all p

I hear you. You have honestly identified that the information asymmetry causes trust to be destroyed. It causes cognitive dissonance among ICs, leading to all problems. > These days I try to project a more realistic attitude. I tell people I’ll do everything I can to be as transparent and open with everything but at the end of the day we’re still working for a company and business where the future is completely unpredictable and it’s in fact a lie to say there are no information asymmetry and cognitive dissonance between management and IC engineers. Having a well run trusting team isn’t enough and can even make it more likely for one of these situations to occur. ------ This is in fact, a good way to build trust. But there's more to do in terms of being transparent and honest. I'll give you an example. A lot of companies work like Amazon where they stack rank and pip people constantly. It causes a lot of grief among ICs. The low level EM really doesn't have a choice but to implement executive policies. So are EMs just hapless? No. They can do a few things. When the pip/focus arrives, transparently and honestly say that you were targeted - from above. Let the blame flow upwards. Let the blame flow towards the people who are to be blamed. No IC realistically trusts corporations any longer. But By letting the blame flow upwards and being transparent about what's cooking behind the scenes, you ARE building trust. Your early and consistent transparency could be the way a father starts looking for another job early to feed their children. Your early and consistent transparency is how a student with a loan can prevent themselves from falling apart. It can help someone with complex immigration situations figure a way out before shit hits the wall. It can help a pregnant woman plan something towards pregnancy (especially health insurance). Just be transparent about corporate nonsense and let the blame flow upwards. That is trustworthy.