A corrosive culture?

A portion of a Harvard Business Review article that was posted on LinkedIn:

"In general, the more contaminated and corrosive the culture of an organization, the more parasitic individuals will rise, much like bacteria thrive in contaminated environments. You can see this in any organization when there’s a clear gap between individuals’ career success and their actual performance and talents. You can deal with this by being aware of the politics and partaking in them, though hopefully without selling your soul."

This is describes a company that we know very well!

Comment! It's anonymous!

3 replies (most recent on top)

Harvard is a piece of $h1t. What do they know?

I spent 25 years with Chevron. Some (actually,... most) of those years were wonderful,... great assignments, wonderful people to work for, and with, a sense of fulfillment and contribution pervaded each and every day at work. Some of those years (those spent closest to the Corporate Sewer) were spiritually, psychologically, and professionally debillitating (thankfully, there were fewer of these years). Am now retired, living better than I deserve, thankful to be far, far away from the "rats" I had to deal with, while in The Sewer. I continue, however, to wonder at how those few years in The Sewer seem to have made a more lasting impression on my psyche than did the majority of "good" years. My conclusion? It doesn't take too much c-ap to really stink up a place. And,... I would give odds that, when all is said and done in regard to reorg, cut-backs, etc., ... much of "the c-ap" will remain, only to continue with their pervasive smelling up of the place.

And every other major

Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

A corrosive culture?

3 replies (most recent on top)

Post a reply