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I’m OK as long as you’re not
By Kris Carey | December 30, 2008
I was reading this blog post by Daniel Pink - the jist is that we feel better when our circumstances match those around us. For example, if you’re laid off, you feel better if those around you are laid off, too. As magnanimous as it may seem to wish another well, the truth is more that we want to be on top.I wonder how much this contributes to the culture in some workplaces of “well, it’s lousy but at least we’re all in it together”.
I’ve worked places were the overriding morale was negative and depressing, yet people stayed, as if afraid to change the status quo. Ironic that the status quo was so unfulfilling…
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