• BilliamBoberts@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 days ago

    CEO: we’ve had such a great year for profit we bought 3 other companies! And it’s all thanks to our staff!

    Staff: Great! How much will our wages go up?

    CEO: we can’t afford to increase wages, didn’t you hear me, we just bought 3 companies this year.

  • NutWrench@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 days ago

    Company-wide email: “We’ve had our best year ever and it’s all thanks to YOU!”

    Me: “Great. Can I have a raise?”

    “Oh, we can’t afford THAT.”

  • toiletobserver@lemmy.world
    42·
    4 days ago

    I’d argue that business school does not teach that at all. That is a behavior taught by corporate sociopaths to other sociopaths being groomed. I base this on my business degree and 20 years at a major corporation. The distance between the two is enormous.

    • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      It’s not usually overtly taught, except at some elite business schools. It’s usually on-the-job training.

      Same with human resources degrees. Unless you figure out that your job is to protect the company and not its employees, you’ll hit a glass ceiling on your way up the HR career ladder.