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My hot take: a meritocracy will never fully exist in a workplace so long as there’s a hierarchy of power and therefore politics. But I’m not advocating for rem
by Waterluvian 2y ago
My hot take: a meritocracy will never fully exist in a workplace so long as there’s a hierarchy of power and therefore politics.
But I’m not advocating for removing a hierarchy.
- x3ro 2y agoOut of curiosity, are you implying that "no hierarchy" is possible? And would "no hierarchy" somehow mean no politics, as your statement seems to imply? I'm personally convinced that "no hierarchy" or "flat hierarchies" mostly means that hidden hierarchies will form anyway, and thus the situation you end up with, while different to traditional strict hierarchies, is still extremely hierarchical in the end.
- Waterluvian 2y agoI don’t believe it exists. I don’t think we can have both. I think it might be healthiest option to appreciate that the system, while possibly being the least bad option, is still irrational, and to operate with that knowledge.
- wmanley 2y agoThis is known as "The Tyranny of Structurelessness": https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm The argument goes that there is always a power structure and it's better that it's explicit rather than implicit. Reading that article changed the way I viewed organisations and structure, and how one should act within one.
- hurrdurr57 2y agoPersonally, I think hierarchies are tyrannical and oppressive and should be abolished entirely. As I have just demonstrated my selfless pursuit of equality for all, naturally I should be placed at the very top of the new non-hierarchy.
- Waterluvian 2y agoThere is no top. But you can be in the most middle position.