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This sounds naive. Most companies have some degree of 'politics' which is essentially people working in their own interests over the company's. This is somewhat
by sweezyjeezy 2y ago
This sounds naive. Most companies have some degree of 'politics' which is essentially people working in their own interests over the company's. This is somewhat unrelated to skills and value.
Also particularly in large organisations, work is not a perfect information game - there is no easy way to assign a fair / public a "value" to people to let you compare two employees. Most people will need to sell themselves or have other people sell them to get noticed, and some degree of social bonding can go a long way with this.
- interludead 2y agoI didn’t mean to dismiss the importance of advocating for yourself or building relationships. My comment was more about the foundation of success
- red-iron-pine 2y ago> Most companies have some degree of 'politics' which is essentially people working in their own interests over the company's. This is somewhat unrelated to skills and value. as someone else put it: there are sides in office politics, and by choosing not to play you are picking a side by default, which is often the losing side. "you can't be neutral on a moving train"
- bawolff 2y agoI think that depends on the company and the circumstances it finds itself in. Office politics can be more complex than what you are describing.