Working in upper management, the most common lecture I got from executives was that I cared too much about the people reporting to me. As one trust fund lad told me: "we're here to make money, not to make people feel good".
Working in upper management, the most common lecture I got from executives was that I cared too much about the people reporting to me. As one trust fund lad told me: "we're here to make money, not to make people feel good".
@jvgraz Yep, exact same criticism from the suits in every managerial role I've had.
@jvgraz @march4progress Main reason why I turn down every private sector offer. There's a lot to be said for public sector careers involving missions you believe in and are passionate about... instead of chasing the dollar.
@jvgraz Happening with me now. Was just told "From the feedback we received, it seems that you are trying to pit employees against leadership disguised as inequity." This is me advocating for some of my teachers who are severely underpaid because they live in PR to get more money
@jvgraz God forbid you have a team that feels good makes them want to do the work they are assigned well, which would effect profit. But trusties never understand that because the only common people they've know are their nannies. Imo
@jvgraz Same. I was told I would regret my kindness because I now looked weak and would be taken advantage of. Never regretted it.
@jvgraz Nobody would dare put me in charge of people. I would lead a revolt over the simplest of shit. I don't handle authority well.
@jvgraz I have always been 'sales' adverse. I could never work in the business, w/exception to the many food/bar jobs I had where, for the most part, customers already knew what they wanted and I wasn't forced to 'sell' more.
@jvgraz @march4progress I never got high enough in management to hear that, but I did hear a lot of “we’re adding 50 hours of weekly workload, but you’ll have to make it work with the staff you’ve got.” No consideration EVER for retention, only shortsightedly turning the screws on workers
A hopeful realization is that even in nature, which is the purest form of capitalism, virtue springs up. Symbiosis is a thing. Animal packs and cultures are things. It’s just another strategy for survival in a game where the legitimacy of any and every strategy is whether your genes make it into the next generation.