I don't understand this ever-increasing corporate need to make us all miserable. Being invested would surely make us more creative and productive. But nah. Instead, make us hate our jobs, our managers, and the company. I absolutely don't care about team dynamics or outcomes. I don't care if I have this job tomorrow. So I have no skin in the game. And I'm dedicated accordingly.
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I used to be such a great employee.
I worked hard, I made sure things were good, I cared about outcomes. I got results because everyone cared about results, and I wanted to do a good job.
Now, nobody cares about results. We make no progress and achieve nothing.
All we do is go through the motions of work. Because that's all they want. We're all performers in some stunted, Harrison Bergeron-style dance recital. Don't actually do anything, just look busy.
And if we create efficiencies on our own, new dance moves are added to our little performance to ensure that we never get any closer to the goal.
@d8 IT is promoting, growing, and sustaining demoralization thru their adoption of the IT Factory Model and choice of leadership, the Supreme Hot Mess
We respond with “calculated mediocrity”.
Fellow 3Mers, this is deliberate optimization, not failure. Companies design for a workforce competent enough to ship features and hit KPIs, but detached, low-cost, and easy to control or replace. From a systems view, it’s rational short-term logic: tie everything to quarterly metrics and executive bonuses, add bureaucracy for risk control, and minimize real autonomy or ownership. Why invest in high-leverage motivated talent when disengaged cogs deliver lower overhead, less pushback, and higher replaceability? Our “zero skin in the game” response is just honest system feedback. They’re getting exactly the dedication and creativity they’ve engineered—and it’s ki-ling long-term velocity.
@OP i second here as well. I work for the top38 plants and is equally demoralized. I am s1ck and tired of hearing executives keep telling us to push the boundaries and challenge status quo. They can go and have fun themselves
@OP me too, just doing enough so I don’t get fired and I have found a new lease in life, more time to do the things I enjoy and 3M can go sc--w themselves, another pay day for little input. Life’s good.