Can we declare independence from this “leadership” team? Because honestly, the disconnect has become absurd. Employees are living in reality while the executives operate from some alternate universe where everything is “strong,” “aligned,” and “on track,” even as the stock flatlines, morale tanks, and talent runs for the exits.
We could keep this company running without half the people making seven-digit salaries. And that’s not exaggeration. One senior exec’s compensation equals hundreds of actual workers who deliver real value every single day. Yet we’re the ones getting squeezed while they burn billions on failed bets, broken strategies, and ego-driven decisions.
They talk about “culture” like it’s a slogan. They talk about “market-based” like it’s a shield. Meanwhile the only thing that feels truly market-based is their obsession with treating employees like disposable commodities.
This place is being run like a closed-off regime where questioning leadership is treated like heresy and any discomfort is reframed as “resistance to change.” But here’s the truth they don’t want to face:
The employees are not the problem.
The culture is not the employees.
The disconnect is coming from the top.
Something has to change. The people actually doing the work feel it. Customers feel it. The market feels it. And leadership? They’re the only ones who don’t.
At some point, they need to realize that loyalty, trust, and performance don’t come from mandates and pressure. They come from leadership that actually leads.
We’re overdue for that kind of leadership.