Quote Originally Posted by Neo Emolga View Post
Nah, stress is an American expectation. The Type A workaholic mentality is viewed very admirably in the States. Even in the workplace, you're surrounded by rules, deadlines, expectations, and stress. There's a good reason why so many people hate their jobs here. And many of these things could be so easily eliminated if the people on top were just a little bit more sympathetic, understanding, and compassionate.

The best leaders are the ones that know what it's like to be on the bottom. And those born into privilege are the worst simply because they don't know and understand their own people. There's a fine difference between a manager that worked their way up from the bottom and the one that got their role because they knew somebody high up who just gave it to them.

I absolutely LOATHE the phrase "it's not what you know, it's who you know." People putting this into practice and making that their credo is why this country has so many problems with leadership in so many places.
Oh well see, I'm the type who (when I have a deadline) works pretty damn hard towards it. Of course, yeah, that creates a lot of unnecessary stress. And it might make the end result seem easier, but there's a lot of mental breakdowns that happen in between. xD I know a lot of people who run businesses aren't overly sympathetic, though. And part of me agrees that they shouldn't have to be all the time, in order to run it successfully. But the other part of me knows what it's like to be dooooooown at the bottom of the food chain and can empathise with that.

I'm with you, though. I HATE it with a passion every time someone tells me "it's who who know". That's damn well not true. I worked very hard to end up with the skills and degrees that I have, and there's no way I am seeing all that effort go to waste. It saddens me to think a lot of talented, hardworking people are going unnoticed because they don't know anyone in their industry. I'm at the point in my life, though, that it has become about who I know. I'm sadly stuck in limbo because I don't really know anyone, my current job sucks (and is going nowhere) and not teaching me a thing.

Australia's not any better. xD