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As a former manager and director in public and private corporations (Original Post) blake2012 Mar 2018 OP
I think greed and callousness are prerequisites for success in our style of business. Hoyt Mar 2018 #1
I agree. I personally could have made more in bonuses blake2012 Mar 2018 #3
Sorry that is your experience. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #2
My experience was completly 180 GP6971 Mar 2018 #4
Those are the kind that I admire. I worked for one like that blake2012 Mar 2018 #5
Contrast that GP6971 Mar 2018 #9
Bullshit nt Dreamer Tatum Mar 2018 #6
Does that apply to you too? Or just those you knew? Tipperary Mar 2018 #7
Its why I left. When i got to the level of exec staff blake2012 Mar 2018 #8
I didnt feel like I was losing my soul, but it can be streesful Poiuyt Mar 2018 #10
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
1. I think greed and callousness are prerequisites for success in our style of business.
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 08:53 PM
Mar 2018

There are exceptions, and I’m not talking about those who do the real work. I’m talking about the planning, goal setting, budgets, hiring and firing decisions, lobbying decisions, finance, conspiring, pushing legalities, etc.

It’s sad, and darn sure needs to change.

 

blake2012

(1,294 posts)
3. I agree. I personally could have made more in bonuses
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 08:56 PM
Mar 2018

By focusing on my own objectives rather than people. Business management is a dirty business. I know there are outliers, and I’m currently searching for opportunities in those types of socially responsible enterprises—or nonprofits.

GP6971

(31,013 posts)
4. My experience was completly 180
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 08:56 PM
Mar 2018

I worked for a small, privately owned company in the late 70s and it was the most ethical company I have ever worked for. It was a 3rd generation family business and the 2nd & 3rd generations learned well from the 1st generation. I was not family and was treated as well as family members...and there were a lot!!

 

blake2012

(1,294 posts)
5. Those are the kind that I admire. I worked for one like that
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 08:58 PM
Mar 2018

What I have found is that unless those companies are providing a unique and hard to imitate product or service, the business landscape is harder and harder for them to survive in.

GP6971

(31,013 posts)
9. Contrast that
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 09:09 PM
Mar 2018

with a major corporation I worked for in the 90s. The greed was amazing as all their bonuses counted on it. What shook me the most that they hired kids straight out of college and taught them how to circumvent the system to "get the sale". I butted with a lot of heads and finally left and moved on.

 

blake2012

(1,294 posts)
8. Its why I left. When i got to the level of exec staff
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 09:09 PM
Mar 2018

I saw the greed, lack of ethics, etc. that comes with a business once they surpass $10’s of millions in n revenue.

I am currently trying to determine my next steps including starting my own small business again.

Poiuyt

(18,087 posts)
10. I didnt feel like I was losing my soul, but it can be streesful
Mon Mar 19, 2018, 09:20 PM
Mar 2018

I was the executive director at a nonprofit organization for four years. People were always thanking me for the good I was doing, but I just plain got burned out. Fortunately, it was retirement time. Now I can sleep late if I want.

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