Seriously, what happened to us? I am in my early 40s and I can remember times when my father worked - the CEOs were wealthy, but nothing comparable to the scale we see today. They cared about OUR COUNTRY, they cared about the customer, the worker. Somehow, along the way we lost our values and we turned into a giant machine that makes money for a handful of super-wealthy share holders and the executive elite.
This all also trickles down to the middle management layer too, our managers do not care about the worker. I have a small team of 8 folks and I treat each of them like a family member, the expectations regarding work performance are clear and I do not compromise there but I'll go above and beyond to protect them as long as we take care of the business in an ethical manner with quality goals met.
Yet, I see my peers do things differently, they are rough, they act tough and they harm the worker in many respects. I am perplexed...