Let me explain how it works here. First, actual performance is irrelevant. The people who work the hardest and produce the most are seen as threats, so they get cut, while the mediocre ones who keep their heads down and do not rock the boat stay. That is the goal: mediocrity across the board. Second, if you refuse to bow to a manager who has no business leading, you are done. They will find a way to get rid of you, and when there is no legitimate case, they cheat. They will lie, plant stories, and turn your own team against you. I have seen it happen to three people, good people who simply would not accept abuse. This is not an exception. This is the entire system.
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@a2 oh so it’s universal then cool!
@j7 well hopefully you’ve seen that relationships matter more than your work output. I mean they did it to you a second time where you did all the work and someone else got the promotion. Seriously why would anyone give this place their all when the effort is never rewarded?
@OP i was going through something similar here.
At first I thought I was being paranoid but the more I thought about the patterns and things going on, it's not hard to not connect the dots.
For me it began in 2023, I was rated exceptional for past two years, carried two teams single handedly to major milestones and when the opportunity came to lead the squad due to internal mobility, that position was given to someone who has absolutely no clue of how technology works, they're simply good at documenting confluence pages.
I was put to clean up the mess in other squad, after slogging there for 2 years, they brought this tool who was constantly behind my back, pushing me to do their work for them and presenting it to people as if it was their own brain child.
Fast forward to Dec 2025, I was told by my snake manager that I need to learn from this new tool of a person to do my job.
What a sick joke!
Agree that performance is a secondary factor to relationships. Long term survival is all about relationships. There are many kiss butt, non performers, yes people that are in management and its worse at the top. You can be the best performer but you are one management change from the end of your career here. Plan for you future accordingly. Survival at the top is all about compensation and the share programs. Staff will do anything to survive to cash in. There are 30+ year long term su-k ups that are in leadership positions that are laughable. These employees have really big lips from years of su-king up.
Only id--t su-k ups end up in management. Overpaid do-nothings. Worthless trash.
Manager = Overpaid secretary that su-ked someone's ** in order to get there. My honest observation after almost 20 years. Managers are subordinate to workers who actually do the work. What a waste of money to pay these folks to do nothing and 'pretend' to have a job. Just a complete waste of resources.
I could not agree more.
Managers are the biggest snakes in this organization.
They keep pushing an associate to give their best and when the associate is delivering more than excellence, all of a sudden these snakes will find someone who's mediocre to constantly nag you, poke you in your work, trying to get a reaction out of you.
These dirty politics are often hard to ignore when you are someone who can't take unnecessary abuse.