When did we turn from a company that cared about its employees and preserving institutional knowledge into whatever it is we're today?
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You know I just remembered there was a big change in hiring practices that started about 5-6 years ago. And what do you know the company has been insteady ever since.
Who would have ever thought hiring people not based on their skills and abilities would be a bad idea.
A humorous, and perhaps insightful read. "the-gervais-principle-or-the-office-according-to-the-office'
After Ralph died.
The AOL era when employees of the failed company took over or created CMCSA jobs.
TPX still has a number of those people in senior leadership roles.
It started towards the end of the pandemic when Connors became President. The way he and leadership handled RTO and then Mike K climbing the ranks saw the culture shape to his preference.
Natural part of entities starting small, growing, peaking and then declining. Comcast is not the exception, many companies had gone through this cycle. If anyone is interested, read Ray Dalio’s book in which he details how the these cycles work, his book is in the context of world powers but can be applied to any corporation to understand why there is always a decline at the end:
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail (2021)