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

Much of what Chris mentioned in this post is something that resonates with me at my current position. While not always manifested in the form or a promotion, I do see accolades and preferential treatment being heaped on the same individuals by upper management. The work that they do is no better than anyone in their department, and is often times inferior. But they receive these commendations and preferred treatment simply because of how they are seen towing the company line and by being agreeable with everything their manager suggests. I have a hard time accepting this being the norm since I believe disagreeing with a proposed course of action or providing counter-solutions should not make one seem disagreeable or combative.