In the situation where an organization's culture is described by
employees as stressful, competitive, or alienating, some reasons for
this being the culture norm is that the relationship between
employee and manager is strained due to the job positions. Another
possible reason for the stressful factor is that constant demand to be
more productive or have reoccurring quick deadlines. The reason
why this becomes a problem is that it costs an organization money to
be less productive. The stress of a work relationship strain and fast
approaching deadlines, and the pressure of meeting deadlines can
lead to a workplace culture that is stressful.
The possible reasoning for the workplace culture being known as
competitive is that as generations become more educationally
focused, once they obtain degrees they are more qualified than those
without degrees. This leads to a constant competition of education
to compete for job positions. Another possible reason is that
companies want the more effective and efficient employee which
tends to make peers become rivals in the workplace.
As for the rational of feeling alienated in the workplace, due to the
specialization in many large organizations, segregation based on skills
is a common reason. Top this with feeling overwhelmed with a need
for efficiency, competition, and workplace stress this leads to a toxic
workplace environment.
