layoffs making a mockery team concept, employees urged find camaraderi — Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-Sided: Relentless Promotion Positive Thinking Undermined America

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Just as layoffs were making a mockery of the team concept, employees were urged to find camaraderie and a sense of collective purpose at the microlevel of the "team". And the less teamlike the overall organization became with the threat of continuous downsizing, the more management insisted on individual devotion to these largely fictional units.

Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America

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