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[quote=Anonymous]So I don't work for an organization anymore, partly for this reason, but I've heard them all:

"We take care of each other" - said when you are being asked to do something way outside your job description or comfort zone to assist someone else, but when you need help or support, suddenly "we" do not care.

"You have to pay your dues" - toxic justification for mistreating young or inexperienced workers in order to benefit older or more veteran workers. Also often used to justify failing to promote or give raises/bonuses to younger high performers.

"Always be striving for better" - sounds good at first but translates to the expectation that even if someone does every aspect of their job perfectly, they have failed because they didn't find some way to do it *more* perfectly than the previous year, despite being given zero incentive to do so.

"The customer/client is always right" - nope, sometimes they are wrong, and saying this is just a way to excuse abuse or scapegoat people low in the organizational hierarchy.

So many more. These are the top ones though.[/quote]

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