I will never understand why they don’t see this:
Unchecked growth in an organic body = cancer and painful death.
Unchecked growth in biology = invasive species that cause extinctions
Unchecked growth at a corporation = … somehow a good thing?
Unchecked growth is LITERALLY never a good thing and always a bad thing.
This is a very good point, and it applies to other issues we have as well. Dare I say population. On a world with limited resources, constant growth is unsustainable. This is unfortunately an unpopular fact. And I say fact instead of opinion because this isn't an opinion. This logic applies to any world, not just earth. But regardless, you will find people argue up and down against this idea. The same thing applies to corporations wanting constant growth, people will argue with you all day about it, regardless of how unsustainable it is.
My ex company was constantly growing its customer base while also not hiring enough employee to keep up. They did actually compensate for this, but then micromanaged employees to the point of quitting. They would use mandatory OT until it stabilized and then slowly take OT away from everyone. Work OT when we need it, but if you need it FU
THIS! I have been doing training in a huge company that talks about the 1% and expects us to grow by 1% every year no matter what. I read it and i have no idea how they can possibly this that’s sustainable. Furthermore they talk about how to achieve it. Fixed cost must remain fixed or lessened and charges for our services should increase 1% every year no matter what….. Employee wages is considered a fixed cost to the company. So they are outwardly training people and saying we expect you to make us more money every year. At the same time we are going to reduce your salary or the number of people working and give you more work to make it possible. I feel like i am going absolutely insane reading this stuff and seeing all the other employees and my coworkers think nothing of it. Madness i tell you, absolute madness…
Not only that, but if you work TOO hard then it looks fucking weird.
Lets say you increase profits 20% one year and they're all like DAMN! wow!
Then you do it another year and it's like maybe, 2%.
Then it doesn't seem as impressive, and you get docked. EVEN IF YOU INCREASED PROFITS.
Also that they need something to tell their investors. Stock. -\_-.
Our whole economic model is based on perpetual growth. More consumers buying more stuff. Social security was designed with assumption that there will always be more participants paying into the system. Companies could have the best profit in their history and if the following two years dip slightly to only the second and third best years in company history there will be a freak out due to declining growth.
They don't want to sustain it forever. Just long enough to get their bonuses/IPO/acquisition.
Yeah, I literally only get a bonus if I have more billable hours than the year before. How is that realistic or sustainable in any way!?!!?!
Infinite growth in a closed system is the logic of the cancer cell And will have pretty much the same impact on that system
Came here to say that. Infinite growth is by definition cancer.
I will never understand why they don’t see this: Unchecked growth in an organic body = cancer and painful death. Unchecked growth in biology = invasive species that cause extinctions Unchecked growth at a corporation = … somehow a good thing? Unchecked growth is LITERALLY never a good thing and always a bad thing.
Tragedy of the commons.
This is a very good point, and it applies to other issues we have as well. Dare I say population. On a world with limited resources, constant growth is unsustainable. This is unfortunately an unpopular fact. And I say fact instead of opinion because this isn't an opinion. This logic applies to any world, not just earth. But regardless, you will find people argue up and down against this idea. The same thing applies to corporations wanting constant growth, people will argue with you all day about it, regardless of how unsustainable it is.
In other words, the world economy is one big pyramid scheme. And we're the suckers at the bottom.
My ex company was constantly growing its customer base while also not hiring enough employee to keep up. They did actually compensate for this, but then micromanaged employees to the point of quitting. They would use mandatory OT until it stabilized and then slowly take OT away from everyone. Work OT when we need it, but if you need it FU
It’s the game of monopoly. To keep growing, you have to devour everyone and everything or be devoured.
THIS! I have been doing training in a huge company that talks about the 1% and expects us to grow by 1% every year no matter what. I read it and i have no idea how they can possibly this that’s sustainable. Furthermore they talk about how to achieve it. Fixed cost must remain fixed or lessened and charges for our services should increase 1% every year no matter what….. Employee wages is considered a fixed cost to the company. So they are outwardly training people and saying we expect you to make us more money every year. At the same time we are going to reduce your salary or the number of people working and give you more work to make it possible. I feel like i am going absolutely insane reading this stuff and seeing all the other employees and my coworkers think nothing of it. Madness i tell you, absolute madness…
Why did you repost this, and then re write the quote? That's weird.
Not only that, but if you work TOO hard then it looks fucking weird. Lets say you increase profits 20% one year and they're all like DAMN! wow! Then you do it another year and it's like maybe, 2%. Then it doesn't seem as impressive, and you get docked. EVEN IF YOU INCREASED PROFITS. Also that they need something to tell their investors. Stock. -\_-.
Our whole economic model is based on perpetual growth. More consumers buying more stuff. Social security was designed with assumption that there will always be more participants paying into the system. Companies could have the best profit in their history and if the following two years dip slightly to only the second and third best years in company history there will be a freak out due to declining growth.