At this point, I plan to do as little as possible. Keep smiling and nodding, while doing as little as possible. They love their yes-men, so it will take them years to figure it out if they ever do. They are too focused on themselves, and too arrogant to think it could happen under their own spectacular new leadership, so I think I can get by with it for years.
I worked hard up until, maybe, 2 years ago. Gave 100%, and have gradually gotten less and less back for my efforts. Am watching management figure out how to get the most work out of the least amount of people. Am watching management jigger with performance ratings and rankings and benefits, all in an effort to stick it to their own employees. Creating a Hunger Games environment. Charlie gets $36,000,000, but no raises for people over $150K. Really? Sending American jobs offshore.
Hey, I’ve learned at the hands of the masters. You like the yes-men, the glad handers, the people who blow smoke up your rears and s— up to you? That’s what you’re going to get.
Either way, it’s a win-win for me. They figure it out: I get my package. They don’t figure it out: I’m not giving too much of myself to people who don’t appreciate it.
They think they can bully employees in to better performance? They think they can create an environment of fear over losing your job to get better performance? It doesn’t work that way. At least not with me.