As unpleasant as they are, I think that “Dog eat dog” cultures will always be with us. The best we can do is to contain them:
- They are particularly vulnerable to lawsuits.
- Companies that explicitly reject that type of behaviour need to market themselves as such.
- Potential job applicants need to know the warning signs.
A lot of those warning signs will come out in discussions around incentive structures and promotional processes. If anything sounds like a tournament (where individuals are pitted against each other either for bonuses or advancement) then that’s a warning sign.
If you’re a customer of a “dog eat dog” firm then you need to work out whether you want to support them.
Yes, we won't get rid of them but we can limit their spread. We can stop worshipping the areseholes who lead them, for a start.
We need to shift the narrative that this is 'how capitalism works'. We need to educate people to look for the signs you describe and stop supoorting these organisations with our spending, as you say.
As unpleasant as they are, I think that “Dog eat dog” cultures will always be with us. The best we can do is to contain them:
- They are particularly vulnerable to lawsuits.
- Companies that explicitly reject that type of behaviour need to market themselves as such.
- Potential job applicants need to know the warning signs.
A lot of those warning signs will come out in discussions around incentive structures and promotional processes. If anything sounds like a tournament (where individuals are pitted against each other either for bonuses or advancement) then that’s a warning sign.
If you’re a customer of a “dog eat dog” firm then you need to work out whether you want to support them.
Yes, we won't get rid of them but we can limit their spread. We can stop worshipping the areseholes who lead them, for a start.
We need to shift the narrative that this is 'how capitalism works'. We need to educate people to look for the signs you describe and stop supoorting these organisations with our spending, as you say.
We need to clearly say "This is not OK".
Perhaps your most powerful and wonderful post yet mate. Well written and well said. Thank you for this gem.
Thanks Hilton. I'm glad you appreciated, it felt like an important one to me.