Reflection About Narcissism

Very unfortunate that Hank is acting the way he is. I suspect there is probably a lot of organizational commitment, but narcissism in the workplace can be very cancerous to those who do not play the narcissism game. I understand completely where you are and how you are feeling at work, I as well do not thrive in narcissistic environments and feel they are much too toxic for me to survive. I have found though that most organizations don’t realize they have become narcissistic.

Power tends to be the greatest influencer for narcissistic folks and power is gained by hiring folks who won’t question their decisions or authority. (Mainah, F., (n.d.) If you look around your peers do you find this to the true? If you find yourself questioning the manager,

I used to work as a manager for multiple departments at AT&T and now as I’m older I can see that all that was occurring there was manipulation and poor implementation of quality assurance to help the teams to work together and not be controlled or bullied by senior employees. Similar what happened to you happened to me multiple times; for AT&T you must apply for positions, even if you have references, on their internal site and then you’d queue in reference codes to when recruiters looked at the swap they’d pull your application with certain codes. I can think of three separate instances where I was slated for a position, was told that if I would focus on this path for x amount of time and fulfilled y number of quotas that I would be promoted to the head here or the business building over there and every single time I was passed on without explanation. I’d always have the referral codes and I’d make calls to higher ups confirming my references and regardless I was never selected while others around me who hadn’t worked for it and didn’t mean their quotas got picked. This lead to a very large amount of job dissatisfaction that I couldn’t live with and I left within weeks of the last one. I lacked all forms of support and felt manipulated daily and per Robbins for us to feel loyal to an organization we first need to feel support from them. “Organizational Support occurs when employees believe the organization values their contribution and cares about their well-being.” (Robbins, 2013) The best way for AT&T to have helped me maintain my loyalty is by covenant which is “mutual care, affirmation, and teamwork.” (Fischer, 2009) In this situation I felt reminded by a verse in proverbs. It explains how I felt from this company and how I feel when looking at others. “Many will say they are loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly reliable?” (Proverbs 20:6,