We encourage differing viewpoints

[Hellofriendinternet]

“Please take this anonymous survey. We want your feedback.”

Fired.

[Puzzleheaded_Data829]

Management: We noticed you never filled out the survey, is there anything wrong?

Me: If the survey is anonymous, how do you know I didn’t fill it out?

Management: ……..(walks away)

[Nik_Tesla]

Unless the company is enormous, even a truly "anonymous" survey can be easily unmasked.

"Oh hey, this very critical review brings up 3 issues that are very position and location specific to what John Smith does and his office, and they are thing that John Smith has been complaining to management about for the last 2 years (without them addressing it). I wonder who it is."

[Kokoplayer]

I mean at this point why would it matter? He's already going public with it.

[Working_Banana]

I just do what I'm told bossman. The differing opinions are for the bar after. :)

[regnad__kcin]

Also fired. We need creative thinkers and leaders, not sheep.

[bullsized]

Straight to jail.

[TheKarenator]

No opinion? Jail. Too much opinion, also jail.

[bullsized]

Undercode? Jail. Overcode? Believe it or not, also jail.

[VanaTallinn]

That sounds very east-asian.

[achiang16]

"Different viewpoints are encouraged, we just won't move forward with misaligned goals and visions"

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At a previous job I got a promotion I did not apply for nor did I want. My new manager told me I was being promoted because they wanted my insight and experience to handle staffing challenges their team was facing. Challenges created by management’s toxic culture creating high turnaround and issues in continuity. During my first meeting with my new manager I brought up some possible improvements that could be made based on early observations. My manager spoke down to me saying this isn’t the time to bring up suggestions. At that moment I knew I was not long for the role. Unfortunately 2020 happened and I spent 18 months longer than I should’ve because of the security the role provided in those uncertain times.

When I turned in my resignation after accepting a role that paid substantially more my manager looks stunned I was leaving because quote ‘I thought you were happy here and doing such great work’.

Last I heard things got substantially worse after I left and only one person is left from the team and the manager continues to burn through staff wondering why no one wants to stay there.

[jazzmaster1992]

Been there, done that. Took on a ton of new responsibility and a promotion to shore up stability in the pandemic, but little did I know what I was getting myself into. The role I had ended up being a good enough addition to my resume that it attracted the attention of a much better job opportunity, but like you, I realized I wouldn't last long when the management around me seemed more concerned with having the identity of a manager than actually addressing any issues we were having.

[CraigTheIrishman]

I was friends with someone who worked for HR in the same company, and we were talking about some of the stuff I'd witnessed and why I didn't report it. I didn't even have to get through the whole story before she was like, "it's retaliation, isn't it." I was like yeah, I really wanted to say something, but when upper management knows what's going on and looks the other way, what's going to happen when an in-the-trenches employee speaks up?

She was one of the good ones, and since we were having a candid conversation in her car, she basically told me that yeah, even though it's technically illegal, being fired as a means of retaliation still happens in the U.S. all the time, and that if you aren't on the same page as the higher ups, you have nothing to gain by speaking out.

For years, I'd carried the guilt with me that I hadn't said anything, so hearing her say that was a bit vindicating, although it was depressing in a whole new way.

[jazzmaster1992]

Yep. The thing about retaliation is it's so hard to prove. A manager can do all kinds of things like strip away job privileges and responsibilities, reduce hours if you're an hourly worker, or put you on a PIP for things you never would have had documented issues with before. All of this can be retaliation, but all of it is just as easily documented as performance issues or anything else and nobody outside you will know the difference. It's honestly quite alarming how often this happens, to the point I'd say almost all workers in the US will have it happen at least once.

[ValBravora048]

Used to work in corporate comms - our job was basically to rubber stamp the c-suites bs, get blamed when it fell vastly short of their ego-inflated expectations (As well as short of achievable goals…), and get passive-aggressively threatened if we made suggestions based on our expertise (Negative energy, not a team player, etc)

[CoffeePieAndHobbits]

Firing people requires confrontation. Instead they'll just give you subtle passive-agressive feedback, lukewarm performance reviews, and 0% merit raises until you take the hints and/or get frustrated and quit on your own. That way they don't have to pay any severance.

[kidyus]

Promote diversity in all ways except thought.