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Motivational posters
by alexcason 10y ago
Motivational posters
- HelloNurse 10y agoSome people (their companies aren't likely to be a pleasant place) like motivational posters from the beginning and even if the business goes well. Therefore I'd qualify the symptom: motivational posters are a bad sign as part of an attempt to renew management style and inject new energy, which is itself an indication of helpless desperation.
- Bahamut 10y agoI don't know if I'd agree with that - I haven't worked at a company that uses them, but I have seen them all over Facebook, and they don't look like they're failing anytime soon so far.
- sp527 10y agoThose posters aren't for motivation. They're propaganda. You don't see the Soviet inspiration in bold type on a reddish background? EDIT: Lol this clearly made some people mad.
- Hydraulix989 10y agoThe similarities are striking, and their intent is literally the same.
- sp527 10y agoOh it gets even better. You can't even find the best ones in online pictures I think. They have an auditorium with floor to ceiling banners everywhere with those slogans (and those are the bold white font on red background I was referring to). All that's missing is Stalin preaching from a podium. Zuck pontificating on the "knowledge economy" does give him a run for his money though. And lest anyone mistake me for a hater, let me be clear that I have a tremendous amount of respect (even awe) for the information empire they've managed to build. I do question its value however. I know few (if really any) people for whom Facebook has been, on balance, a positive influence in their lives.
- omegaham 10y agoI would prefer actual Soviet propaganda posters on the wall over motivational posters. They'd be more entertaining.
- Mz 10y agoI upvoted you, but I would say Dilbert Calendars and the like are a better indicator.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoDilbert calendars are healthily cynical, not elements of denial like non sarcastic motivational posters.
- Mz 10y agoI don't think I have ever before heard the expression healthily cynical. I have heard of healthy skepticism, but not of healthy cynicism.
- seanmcdirmid 10y agoBe honest about what could happen vs. being delusional about what is wanted to happen. Basically, a variant of hope for the best prepare for the worst. Sarcasm is a great way to do that.
- derefr 10y agoMilitary generals and ops people can have healthy cynicism about the probability of any new technology being bug-free.
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- hoodoof 10y agoI would find it hard to stomach working surrounded by motivational posters.
- DoofusOfDeath 10y agoIt sounds like somebody has a case of the Mondays!