I have seen it myself sometimes the area disconnect, when I worked in consumer, I saw the constant push on the release of product from upper management, but never the recognition of a great job. I have seen that contracts to external manufacturers were implemented just because of the good relationship they had with an individual in upper management. Lastly, I have seen people that didn’t deserve promotions be moved up in ranks at a quick fashion with minimal effort. Sometimes it may get frustrated, I have heard a recent story about the cancellation of projects, which results in people losing their jobs, because upper management lost faith in the project and the potential it had within the market. I strongly believe that upper management should have faith in their employees and promote/acknowledge hard work, this could be an incentive for employees to put an extra push into there work.

Chris