I think enshittification is literally the moment when a company goes from their mission statement to the standard American MBA enforced, short term oriented "ne

I think enshittification is literally the moment when a company goes from their mission statement to the standard American MBA enforced, short term oriented "next quarters profits" mission. I think you might find early googlers or other early employees at other companies actually felt like they were enacting those missions, and now it is obvious at almost any of those companies that nobody, especially the leadership, cares about those missions. I think it is middle managements core purpose to push back in defense of the mission, and articles like the one here are examples of cynical middle management who have given up on their core responsibility. I think employee disillusionment can be measured by the difference between actual empirical priorities and the stated mission. I think this disillusionment is also a direct measure of short term thinking vs long term thinking. I think employee disillusionment is directly proportional to short term thinking. I think the most valid criticism of almost every company is how much they are sacrificing their stated mission for profits. I think pondering the difference between mission statement and actual action shows that mission statements really do matter.