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Malicious Compliance

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[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 142 points 4 months ago (3 children)

They think we're cattle, but cattle won't eat the rich.

I have always told folks that I managed, that I'm nothing without them. Yea, I have a MBA as well, but man, are alot of those business folks short sighted to a fault. Like lack of empathy and foresight.

If your KPI's are based around having a knowledge worker in a chair in a room, your business should die.

Plain and simple.

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 54 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cattle will stampede if you piss them off enough.

[–] mitchty@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 4 months ago

Cows will also chomp down on meat and little birds if given the opportunity. I grew up on a ranch herbivore doesn’t mean vegan like peeps seem to think it does. If they feel like they’re low on a nutrient and have opportunity they’ll nom on anything. No this isn’t pica either.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 47 points 4 months ago (3 children)

My boss is awesome. He realizes that his job is mostly to make sure we're able to do our jobs effectively. It really feels like I'm working with him, not for him, which is how it should be.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 21 points 4 months ago

Same. My manager works in another country and he told me that it doesn’t matter where I work from because from his perspective I’m a remote employee wherever I sit.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 months ago

Same, my manager contacts me a handful of times throughout the year, the rest of the time he trusts I'm doing what I am tasked to do. We had a company wide meeting at head office requiring travel for everyone, the schedule was on my kid's birthday. I conveyed that I would be missing the bday, and they shifted meeting a few days to accommodate. Not all corporations are heartless slave drivers

[–] mp3@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

A manager's job is to ensure efficient use of resources among other things, which includes filtering the amount of noise coming down on the workers so that they can focus on doing what they're good at.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 28 points 4 months ago

All these "nobody wants to work anymore" people are the ones that think they don't have to take care of their employees because they can always hire someone else.