Most of these problems are due to employees looking out for themselves and their own career. Almost all employees stand to gain nothing from a large company they work for, doing well. Even if the company does badly, any work they've done on their career whilst there will help them get a new job (salary, seniority, achivements etc.)
Almost all employees stand to gain nothing from a large company they work for, doing well. Even if the company does badly, any work they've done on their career whilst there will help them get a new job (salary, seniority, achivements etc.)
No, the employees want their companies to do well. If you're at a place for 3 years or longer, its reputation will affect yours.
However, most of them can't really do anything that would have a significant effect on the performance of the company. On the day-to-day microtrades, they're going to do what favors themselves. No one (except an idiot, or someone with 20+ percent in stock) would get fired for his own company's sake.
The claim that employees "don't care" is off. It's always better to be at a successful company than a failing one, all else equal. They do favor their own interests, of course, when there is a conflict.
It is true that those with substantial power in an organization (who can effect its macroscopic performance) tend to be egregiously selfish and possibly toxic. There are bad actors out there, and the executive overpay of the past 30 years has only made it more profitable for executives to trash their own companies (through externalized costs, so they don't get caught) if they can bolster their careers by doing so. We're way past the point of getting increasing quality per dollar paid to executives.
Performance wise it's still going to be the same company you joined. For example, Microsoft hasn't done well over the last few years, but people are mostly still going to be still impressed you worked there.
