Why did my colleagues clap for our CEO’s atrocious speech?

At the organisation I work for we have been without a pay rise for several years. This would be bad at any time, but now, with inflation so high, it’s unbearable. I guess it would be understandable if the company was in dire straits and everyone had to make a sacrifice. But the CEO recently received a huge pay rise and made flashy “upgrades” to their office.

You’ve sent through a transcript of the CEO’s speech and your characterisation is, if anything, charitable. It’s a sloppy amalgam of motherhood statements, corporate buzzwords and quasi-academic language. Insofar as it’s comprehensible, it’s laughably unconvincing. The first is that they were scared. They didn’t clap in any way sincerely; they clapped because they feared the consequences if they remained silent. I don’t think this totally excuses loudly praising the un-praiseworthy, but I do think it points to an awful work culture – and that’s not their fault.They may see some clear material benefit in sucking up to the CEO. Especially if they themselves are high up in the organisation it may be obvious that they can avoid the fate of people like you .

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