I’ve seen downright awful behavior from leadership get swept under the rug. Seems like everyone’s too scared of losing their jobs to call it out. So what’s the truth — do we still value speaking up, or is fear running the show now? To all the pusillanimous individuals out there know that you still may lose your job and reconciling your cowardice is going to be a tougher pill to swallow.
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Wow the first post in this thread really nailed it!
And pusillanimous is absolutely perfect description of 90 percent of people here.
The whole, let's provide feedback is a farce. LT definitely does not want to hear it. They only feedback they want to hear is how amazing we think they are. They sit in their ivory towers while everyone else does the work so they can take the credit. Yeah, feedback is what we crave.
Of course they are scared of losing their job!! Where are you going to find a job like this! No one and I mean no one is k—-ll!ng themselves. Most places would actually require lots more from their employees
Ultimately, as just another cog in the cogwheel of the corporate world that is Chevron, you have to step back and ask yourself why you come to work every day? Is it so that you could feel validated, vindicated and have all of your opinions heard and appreciated on daily basis? Or is it because you're there to exchange your daily labor for a paycheck?
I think far too many people expect that coming to work should be like hanging out at your favorite country club where you can shoot the sh*t with the co-workers, discuss politics, gripe about any and all perceived grievances of the day, and always have the unlimited right to speak truth to power. The actual truth is that management does not actually care about your unsolicited opinions -- they might pretend that they do with the various surveys and feedback loops, but that's just to satisfy some sort of a corporate requirement that deals with employee satisfaction. You may also consider a view that perhaps your opinions aren't gospel and don't contain that universal truth in them that have you convinced of your self righteousness. A good vocabulary word to describe you might be "sanctimonious"......
I would rather not have an environment where someone feels comfortable saying whatever impulsive, poorly-reasoned, and distracting thought that forms in their heads. It also doesn't make a difference to people with more power than you, so why bother?
+1 for content in general, but also for teaching me a new word today, "pusillanimous."
TY!
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pusillanimous /pyoo͞″sə-lăn′ə-məs/
adjective
Lacking courage; cowardly.
Destitute of a manly or courageous strength and firmness of mind; of weak spirit; mean-spirited; spiritless; cowardly; -- said of persons, .
"a pusillanimous prince"
Similar: meanspirited spiritless cowardly
Evincing, or characterized by, weakness of mind, and want of courage; feeble.
"pusillanimous counsels"
Similar: feeble
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
I am outspoken to my colleagues on a daily basis about some of the ridiculous realities at Chevron but there’s a point where honesty and reality meet recklessness. I walk that line often. But no one can really ‘speak their mind’. That’s a pipe dream.