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Message: [QUOTE="theshed, post: 3149009, member: 2290"] In my early 20s I worked for a company that employed a team of a dozen 18-27 year olds who worked under a staff manager and a head operations manager (both 40+). I got the job because my mates had worked there for a couple years already. The job was awesome, there was 0 accountability. The managers didn’t really care and even if they did they were so matey with the staff that they wouldn’t say anything. Everyone did the bare minimum and covered for each other. No one ever did any work, and I mean it. If any higher ups came and visited the site the managers would cover for everyone. Anyone who tried too hard or complained about having to pick up the slack would be pushed out and anyone who got around the culture was safe from any criticism. Then one day, the head manager got the boot. I guess corporate finally picked up on his poor performances. They brought in a new head manager who was buy the books and strict as to sort the place out. How dare they expect us to all of a sudden put on effort at a job we were previously getting paid to do nothing at. They moved on the staff manager and brought in a new guy, and fired the worst of the group in a clean out and put the rest of us on notice. They employed a bunch of goody goodies to fix the culture. The new staff worked hard...to begin with. Until we (the experienced team members) showed them how to cut corners and be lazy. The new staff manager came in full of plans and goals but being inexperienced he relies on the experienced staff for advice (even though we were below him in hierarchy). Eventually our toxic culture of laziness and disdain toward the new boss infected even the staff manager and they became disillusioned. Things continued to be as unproductive as ever but now with added friction between staff and upper management. The place went through about 4-5 staff manager in 2 years. All of them would eventually be infected by the culture that was being set by us original 3-4 boys, and either leave or get fired and replaced. Eventually a few of the guys from the early days moved on by their own accord, and management completely cleared the decks. All new staff and new staff manager. I knew some of the new staff by coincidence and it sounded like the whole culture had now changed and were buzzing. All they had to do was completely remove all traces of the original culture before things improved because the original toxic (toxic to productivity, sweet as for the boys) culture would infect any knew staff or initiatives. Anyway, that’s a very long yarn that most probably won’t read, but I feel like it very closely parallels whats happening at the broncos. [/QUOTE]

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