Re:The Google+ project and exec team
by kbenson on Sunday October 14, 2018 @03:03PM
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> The reality in every people structure one will every work at, politics is how the world works.
> In short once you have more than 2 layers of management at your company, politics is how thing will work. And its perfectly, OK. Because that's how world is.
The problem is people see "the political system" and "politicians" and think wouldn't it be great if we could do away with that, never understanding these are just examples of normal human behavior taken to extreme levels because of the competition, scale and stakes.
Politics is always present, because it's just a word to describe human power dynamics.
Company politics becomes obvious when different people want different things, and some people exert power and influence to affect outcomes, in subtle or not so subtle ways. It's as inevitable at a small company as a big company, the only difference is that it may not be as extreme and it may take a while longer to show up.
The mistake is people considering working at a company of tens of thousands of people and thinking that somehow normal human behavior doesn't apply here.
> In short once you have more than 2 layers of management at your company, politics is how thing will work. And its perfectly, OK. Because that's how world is.
The problem is people see "the political system" and "politicians" and think wouldn't it be great if we could do away with that, never understanding these are just examples of normal human behavior taken to extreme levels because of the competition, scale and stakes.
Politics is always present, because it's just a word to describe human power dynamics.
Company politics becomes obvious when different people want different things, and some people exert power and influence to affect outcomes, in subtle or not so subtle ways. It's as inevitable at a small company as a big company, the only difference is that it may not be as extreme and it may take a while longer to show up.
The mistake is people considering working at a company of tens of thousands of people and thinking that somehow normal human behavior doesn't apply here.