[quote=paramount]I would urge anyone that works in a mid to large sized company to read “Corporate Confidential”.
Or just review some of the comments at Amazon:
It might help you keep your job…
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A colleague of a colleague of a colleague of mine recommended this reading which I found amusing. Though currently, not as relevant, since we’re such a small shop. It probably would have come in handy when I was at a much larger company decades ago.
“21 Dirty Tricks Work Politics”
Seeing so much crap from other employers, that’s why you’ll never hear a peep about my current employer from me. Because relatively speaking, it’s one of the best ones Ive encountered. (2) I never talk about the current employer or immediate previous one.
The thing about having hopped in the past when I was much younger is that I got to see at sorts of games some (not all) companies played, big and small. Frankly, corporate politics is unavoidable, big or small. Engineers that think they don’t need to understand how it works are deluded in thinking they’ll be fine…
Everyone needs to play at a bare minimum so one doesn’t get screwed. And one needs to ensure his/her immediate manager/director/vp (whatever the reporting structure is) is playing the bare minimum for the benefit of his/her team and not to screw the people on that team. (Even met a person that would be willing to step over you or your team, to prop him/herself up solely??? Watch out if those people become your director/vps….)
If that doesn’t jive, one probably needs to either put up with it or reconsider in working in a company that isn’t self-owned. (nothing wrong with it, and some of us have motivated to do things off to the side for that reason, in case that “job” becomes more of a chore than something enjoyable)
