Our corporate environments and capitalist structure in the US consolidate power in people. Once you start being an exec who can fire individuals on a whim or hand out raises/promotions they end up getting surrounded by yes men and then you start seeing the crazy ideas start flowing down.
The worse corporate jobs I’ve had have been the privately held large firms as the places are big enough you never know the executive but you still end up spending days/weeks doing ice breakers and personality assessments because the CEO’s life guru convinced him it would align the astrological feng shui.
It doesn’t do anything for the company but waste time and money, but until it wastes enough to cause the leaders to lose all power it’ll continue flowing down to us peons
I don't understand this aspect of corporate/startup culture. Who the hell likes ice breakers in meetings? Everyone I know -- and I mean everyone -- has started joining late in an attempt to avoid ice breakers.
(I actually know who likes them: all those "life coaches" that regularly get hired by startups with too much money.)
They are infantilizing, kindergarten-like activities for adults who will never again speak to each other until the next ice breaker activity.
The worse corporate jobs I’ve had have been the privately held large firms as the places are big enough you never know the executive but you still end up spending days/weeks doing ice breakers and personality assessments because the CEO’s life guru convinced him it would align the astrological feng shui.
It doesn’t do anything for the company but waste time and money, but until it wastes enough to cause the leaders to lose all power it’ll continue flowing down to us peons