I work somewhere where the managers know each other for ages and are friends outside of work. Which is fine, whatever. People are polite and friendly. But when we f*** up, the peasants, the reaction is different. At first, I thought, hey new career = I’m learning, so I’m making small mistakes. But the past couple of weeks, when managers miss something, I keep getting the blame even thought they clearly didn’t do the work as much as we are excepted to do it ourselves. It’s a massive downer because it’s okay to say you missed something rather than always brush it off; it keeps the trust and the team together. We are humans. What I find funny is to see my colleagues, just about anyone, rather lie and die than say “oh shit” I missed it. My bad, and move on. Working in this type of cooperate environnement feels…
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