my only motivation to be there is to earn money and my 401k. So many of my coworkers and management feel offended by this statement.

I’m union. Union lawyer thinks this is a management strategy to try to manipulate me.

Cue BS answer for any c-suite that tries making me feel insecure over this:

well, I’m a terrible liar, that’s why I’m asking you :D

the unfriendly party might be easy: I’m always friendly and direct because I want to work. maybe that?

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    I don’t control the hiring process and I don’t control the incoming members of my team, so don’t assume I’m an idiot. My team has excellent performance and I was able to get approval for my team to grow from 30 to 60+ people.

    IDK why you assume I don’t try to encourage my team, honestly. We get good results so I reward them well. For our line of work and our company, we have greater efficiency than a majority of our counterparts in our region. If we performed poorly, I would have a different approach.

    We do have people the test the boundaries, so I work with them on it and try to improve it. If nothing gets better, I have them replaced.

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      I’m not assuming you’re an idiot, but I’m sure you agree that team members with some aspirations are better than those who like OP, tell you they’re only there for the money.

      If you could choose, you surely wouldn’t choose the latter.

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        Of course lol obviously I want a team member that works hard and is motivated, and ultimately polite and easy to work with. But also, people can change. Things happen in their lives that change their motivations and needs.

        If they just want money, that’s fine, but I’ve seen and experienced how pushing someone who is working decently (or great, even) can cause their performance to tank if they didn’t want to be pushed in first place.

        Managing large teams is less about managing their work and more about managing the people so that they can work more effectively.

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          Managing large teams is less about managing their work and more about managing the people so that they can work more effectively.

          Well done for realizing that within three years. It’s true for smaller teams as well, but with a smaller team, it’s possible to get away with managing their work, it just won’t be nearly as effective.

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          Everything you’ve said here is pretty much the opposite of your initial “minimum job requirements” comment.

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          Everyone lies in interviews. However, a lot of people don’t understand what will make them desirable so they lie about the wrong thing.

          Someone who understands the role enough to lie to make themselves seem desirable is better than someone who doesn’t.