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Re:How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics by trhway on Friday July 01, 2016 @04:56PM (#12019591)
>Going for self glory in projects isn't good for a company. Going to team glory isn't good for a company, but its better than self glory.

you and FB missed the most important - going for the glory of your boss. It is good for the both - for the company (as the company did make sure that the glory of the boss is aligned with the glory of the company) as well as for the team (as the company did make sure that glory of the boss is aligned with the glory of the team). And it is obviously also good for yourself as bosses value the ones who bring them glory.

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Re:How Facebook Tries to Prevent Office Politics by taurath on Friday July 01, 2016 @08:14PM (#12020682)
What an amazingly hierarchical type of thinking! Glory for the boss is just that, glory for the boss. Sometimes it may be good for the company, sometimes it might build up the boss in ways that aren't aligned with the companies interests. You get ivory tower syndrome and "kingdoms" really quick with that type of thinking.
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