Wizofoz,
You are paid in order that your service benefit the company.
That is all very true.
Many posts on these forums tend to point out perceived errors that individual managers have made. Not really denigrating the company per se, but through frustration, highlighting from the individuals point of view, where they believe a manager/s have stuffed up.
Is it therefore okay for 'mismanagers' to silence those who highlight their mistakes under the guise of 'protecting the company'. What they are really attempting is to protect themselves and their jobs.
Sure there are supposed to be internal mechanisms inside companies to allow 'top-to-bottom and bottom-to-top communication' in line with 'worlds best practice' delivering a 'flattened manangement structure'.But in reality with todays current management practices how often does this really occur.
How often would you see a manager pass up the chain of command that they had come up with an idea or proposal that those underneath pointed out with constructive criticism would not work in its present form. Said project falls over for exactly the reasons those below said it would. Does the manager look at the end result , realise they stuffed up and fall on their sword. Correspondingly, a manager realises that something that comes down to them to implement is a dogs' breakfast and will not work in the real world. Does the manager point out to their superiors that in its current form that it is unworkable and be seen as a non-team player, or go through the motions and wait for the idea to die a natural death.Path of least resistance?
More often than not it is an individuals frustration with a lack of accountability that leads them to make disparaging remarks on the internet, rather than a genuine desire to harm the company that puts the food on their plate.