Never give the company anything because they’ll never give anything to you
or
Work hard and you’ll be noticed and climb the ladder.
Neither is inherently true.
You can be in a ‘family’ company where the next lazy AF 18 YO will be your next boss
You can be in a corporate meritocracy where your boss is an idiot and just stands on your shoulders without passing anything downhill.
If your company has upward momentum and your boss is both a decent and transparent human being, you can work hard and move up.
You can also work hard and succeed at projects and hop job to job with a strong resume (assuming the market isn’t shit, like it is atm)
Most companies are politically fiefdoms of a sort. This is by design. You’re completely dependent on the benevolence of the management chain above you. This also explains why decadent or malicious management is nearly impossible to overcome without resorting to involving lawyers.
Absolutely. So the key is to understand the management chain above you and optimize that relationship. You either give them just enough that they would fire someone else first, or you make them dependent on you. Of course the real problem is when someone in the change swaps out from a benevolent manager to dick :)
Not something I would advise in today’s world but I managed to make a decent living off one rule. Know the person paying me, it help ensure they know me and what I contribute.
All I hear these days is either:
Never give the company anything because they’ll never give anything to you
or
Work hard and you’ll be noticed and climb the ladder.
Neither is inherently true.
You can be in a ‘family’ company where the next lazy AF 18 YO will be your next boss
You can be in a corporate meritocracy where your boss is an idiot and just stands on your shoulders without passing anything downhill.
If your company has upward momentum and your boss is both a decent and transparent human being, you can work hard and move up.
You can also work hard and succeed at projects and hop job to job with a strong resume (assuming the market isn’t shit, like it is atm)
Know your boss.
Most companies are politically fiefdoms of a sort. This is by design. You’re completely dependent on the benevolence of the management chain above you. This also explains why decadent or malicious management is nearly impossible to overcome without resorting to involving lawyers.
Absolutely. So the key is to understand the management chain above you and optimize that relationship. You either give them just enough that they would fire someone else first, or you make them dependent on you. Of course the real problem is when someone in the change swaps out from a benevolent manager to dick :)
Had this happen with a VP seat. The resignations that followed made the office look like ground-zero for an extinction-level event.
Probably moaning the whole time that people didn’t want to work and they’d replace them all with better, cheaper people
Not something I would advise in today’s world but I managed to make a decent living off one rule. Know the person paying me, it help ensure they know me and what I contribute.
My boss just bought me a new silverado 2500. But I also bust my ass of like your neighbors rented mule.