team player
why o why do i hate this term so fucking much? well let me tell you.
team player is a thinnly veiled description for communism in the work place. while i don't condone black listing people or going to other countries and telling them what kind of political or economic system they should have, one must admit that communism is a silly idea that would never work.
why won't it work? well any history teacher can tell you that its because its too idealistic. people can't and won't work equally. it works on the assumption that all people are willing to work their hardest, and that all people are created equally. as painful as it might be...we all must come to the understanding that there are ppl who are better and worse than us out there. there are some of us who prefer being lazy. those who are better and those who are not lazy deserve to be compensated accordingly.
i think that clearly illustrates why companies that push that terminolgy are not suceeding as well as they could be. when i own my own company, i am not going to use team analogies or push my employees to be a team player, i am going to simply say "this is your job, this is their job, do your best and you will get ahead".
team player is a thinnly veiled description for communism in the work place. while i don't condone black listing people or going to other countries and telling them what kind of political or economic system they should have, one must admit that communism is a silly idea that would never work.
why won't it work? well any history teacher can tell you that its because its too idealistic. people can't and won't work equally. it works on the assumption that all people are willing to work their hardest, and that all people are created equally. as painful as it might be...we all must come to the understanding that there are ppl who are better and worse than us out there. there are some of us who prefer being lazy. those who are better and those who are not lazy deserve to be compensated accordingly.
i think that clearly illustrates why companies that push that terminolgy are not suceeding as well as they could be. when i own my own company, i am not going to use team analogies or push my employees to be a team player, i am going to simply say "this is your job, this is their job, do your best and you will get ahead".