> So I've seen this a couple of times and to me it make sense, but it also seems such a perfect indictment of organizational culture that I could see it being fabricated for laughs.
The similarity to actually observed behavior isn't a coincidence.
You can walk out to the factory floor with a sledgehammer and start smashing things right there in front of everyone. You might even cause quite a bit of damage before someone stops you. But then you're getting arrested.
You can cause just as much damage by wasting everybody's time with organizational politics and "safety first" hand wringing, but then what are they going to say? You're too diligent? So then you get to stay and do it all again tomorrow.
Imagine a manager firing someone for being too concerned about safety.
> You can cause just as much damage by wasting everybody's time with organizational politics and "safety first" hand wringing, but then what are they going to say?
The similarity to actually observed behavior isn't a coincidence.
You can walk out to the factory floor with a sledgehammer and start smashing things right there in front of everyone. You might even cause quite a bit of damage before someone stops you. But then you're getting arrested.
You can cause just as much damage by wasting everybody's time with organizational politics and "safety first" hand wringing, but then what are they going to say? You're too diligent? So then you get to stay and do it all again tomorrow.
Imagine a manager firing someone for being too concerned about safety.