> People who do not accept this will be perpetually unhappy and bitter about how others obtain undeserved success
This is a good comment, however a giant issue is most companies will not say this out loud, and in fact say the opposite.
So while it's fine if you're savvy enough to see through this, it's not really fair to smirk at people who don't and who honestly take what leaders say at face value.
It's like a weird western version of Japanese office culture where you need to know the wordless rules, but it's not wordless and you need to ignore the BS said while feigning agreement.
Author here! I wrote on something very similar earlier a few weeks ago, down to a reference to Japanese office culture (though not the exact same part of it).
This is a good comment, however a giant issue is most companies will not say this out loud, and in fact say the opposite.
So while it's fine if you're savvy enough to see through this, it's not really fair to smirk at people who don't and who honestly take what leaders say at face value.
It's like a weird western version of Japanese office culture where you need to know the wordless rules, but it's not wordless and you need to ignore the BS said while feigning agreement.