> Sometimes some compromises will be made in order to keep the team "stable", so the business can keep going.
The thing to remember about big companies, is that they've already figured out some formula to approximately "print money." (Not really in all cases, what I mean more seriously and generally is just they already know how to make a profit.) So not rocking the boat will be seen by many there as the rational thing to do.
You're absolutely right about that. It takes a lot of courage to do something that could affect the bottomline for the next quarter. Another thing is that, when the company's culture rewards those who don't make mistakes rather than those that are bold and try new stuff (therefore making some mistakes), then not rocking the boat is institutionalized. New things are not tried, as they are too risky, and anything old that becomes a liability must be quickly fixed or gotten rid of.
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> Sometimes some compromises will be made in order to keep the team "stable", so the business can keep going.
The thing to remember about big companies, is that they've already figured out some formula to approximately "print money." (Not really in all cases, what I mean more seriously and generally is just they already know how to make a profit.) So not rocking the boat will be seen by many there as the rational thing to do.
You're absolutely right about that. It takes a lot of courage to do something that could affect the bottomline for the next quarter. Another thing is that, when the company's culture rewards those who don't make mistakes rather than those that are bold and try new stuff (therefore making some mistakes), then not rocking the boat is institutionalized. New things are not tried, as they are too risky, and anything old that becomes a liability must be quickly fixed or gotten rid of.