Hey friends, Recently, I saw a post where the writer treads the best practices one should apply in managing people back to the office. "You gotta listen to them, work around their needs and treat them like real people." With such statements, you would think that the company must have great retention which serves a good bottom line. The reality is the company has a 2.6 rating on Glassdoor, CEO did not have a single review and there is more farewell than welcome parties in any given month. And they have been bleeding financially since day one. It is yet another case of the "do as I say, not as I do" syndrome where opinions collide with the truth all in the name of earning dopamine-inducing likes and comments For the uninformed, this can be frustrating as a reader expressed to me how depressing it is to go through LinkedIn. On one hand, he wants to keep up with peer learning. But on the other, these humble brags make his own achievements feel insignificant. Made worse when some of these stories are as real as the next scam calls. In an age where opinions are common, but the truth is rare, one must constantly remind themselves not to take anything in as gospel.
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