Well we all have net values but mostly when I fire people it's because they are totally useless, the standard is bare minimum because if I fire bare minimum I risk getting totally useless instead. I know other bosses that fire people because they don't like their faces, but mostly I notice that a lot of people that get into leadership positions should never ever ever ever have any kind of authority at all.
My current boss is one of those people and one of these days I'll probably have to have him removed....by the police no less.
What I hate the most is the damned propaganda that doesn't reflect the Corporation at all. Nice little advertisements or brochures with beautiful people in work clothes that never get dirty. Then the Corportation tries to inspire loyalty in the cheapest way possible, low costs for your loyalty. My boss tried to convince me to come to work during a weekend when we were moving our local offices and babbled something about team spirit, pizza and getting the work done. I said no because he had no intention of paying me and I know the Corporation won't show up on my doorstep when I'm moving even if we can get some team building done and I give it a pizza.
A friend of mine always showed up for spring cleaning at the "Drug Factory" where he works, they clean the outside of the property, pick up trash and get everything in order after a the winter so it looks nice and then they'll have a barbecue with hot dogs and soda. So he shows up with his kids and they put in couple of hours of work before they have a hot dog until I asked him if he was a tool? The idiots show up and do a couple of hours work for some hot dogs....no wages, just hot dogs and they grill the hot dogs themselves.
Then you have Corporate values. Three or four words, core values of the company. When I get fresh faced trainees I usually tell them that those core values can be thrown into the bin, there is only one core value "do the work at the best of your ability"
I'm sorry to say that most of my adult life I have been in management and I know that a most of the corporate culture is of an exploitative nature. Luckily I have also been a union representative so I am no stranger to disappointment.
Yes I know there are good bosses out there and good companies but I haven't had the privilege to work for them.