The Aarthi and Sriram Show Politics In The Workplace With Special Guest Marc Andreessen
Jun 29, 2022
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IBM's Lifetime Employment
- Marc Andreessen recounts IBM's history of never having layoffs for 70 years.
- This created a culture of lifetime employment, profoundly impacting employees when layoffs began.
Shifting Company Structures
- The shift from "peak centralization" to decentralization impacted company structures and employee identities.
- Companies like IBM offered lifetime employment, while modern tech companies offer personal fulfillment, which is unsustainable.
Politics and Cohesion
- Workplace politics damages group cohesion, which is crucial for success.
- Successful companies tolerate political engagement more due to their established market positions, not the other way around.