Re:Ask HN: What are the unwritten rules of politics in compa...
by godot on Friday October 09, 2020 @02:11PM
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I once worked at a relatively large game company and I witnessed a game designer do pretty much exactly what you described in the last sentence. It caused a minor havoc with the CEO breathing down our GM's neck. That game designer was fired within the next year (or 6-mo). And I think he learned his lesson too -- he's a smart guy and went on to have a thriving career at his next company.
As a 'newbie' respect the food chain.
In a large corporate environment there are power-games and power-struggles, empire building and a whole new world of "soft power" and back scratching. If you buck the food chain by going over someones head the sharks will gather. As a tadpole it is best to learn how to swim well enough to avoid the sharks.
With that said - DO go over somebody's head if something is really wrong/serious, just don't do it for the 'gee it is so obvious that we should be doing xyz but no-one will listen" type things.