“Be your authentic self at work!”
Oh, you mean until you lay me off? And then I’m supposed to suddenly become a robotic, smiling, NDA-signing shell of a person just to collect the severance I earned?
Got it. So authenticity is great… until it threatens your PR image. Until it’s inconvenient. Until it costs you money.
This is exactly why they’re outsourcing, because while they say they want empowered, authentic employees, what they really want is cheap labor that takes orders, keeps their head down, doesn’t ask questions, and doesn’t take the org health survey.
What a beautiful corporate value, right up there with “we’re a family” and “we care about our people.”
Bunch of hypocrites.