Just in case you didn't see this post, here it is. It is a perfect description of the work environment coast to coast:
Unfortunately, "threatening" is THE management model, for LCA. There are very, very few managers left, anywhere in the company, who are genuine leaders. The rest either don't care or don't know how to lead. The degree that hangs upon the wall is there to let you, and everyone else, know that they know everything, period. They don't ask questions because they have all of the answers. Besides, it would be undignified to ask a paean for a suggestion or opinion. They create solutions to problems that don't exist; refuse to acknowledge problems that do exist and in general, spend most of their time implementing inane, pointless policies designed with only one purpose in mind... justifying their job. They threaten others because they are ignorant and paranoid, constantly worried that someone upstairs will figure out that they are pathetic little posers, and replace them with another pathetic little poser. So, they wield a big stick, knowing full well that the job market is tighter than a well-digger's a**, and they get away with it because they can. They have no conscience, few scruples and even less common sense... and that's what LCA considers good management. Clients are disappearing faster than a fart in the wind; morale is at an all-time low and the company, on the whole, is a mere shell of its former self. Yet people, like SJ, who ruined everything in Columbus, and the whole division for that matter, consistently get promoted, so they can wreak havoc company-wide. At some point, the whole house of cards will come tumbling down, and those who have made huge gains will live comfortably, and guilt-free while the rest of us are looking for new jobs and trying to keep the mortgage paid and the lights on. It's a story that has played out time and time again, on a much larger scale, throughout history. Have's vs. have-nots. In the meantime, hold on; do a good job and try to find somewhere else to go... it's what a lot of us are doing. It's status quo at LCA.
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