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by tao_oat 265 days ago
out of curiosity, what would it look like to take feedback constructively, but not follow it?

i'm asking because (in my experience) executives get hundreds of pieces of feedback and advice. they can't follow all of it, and so they have to prioritize, and their priorities might not overlap completely with those of ICs.

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One sign would be occasionally changing course in response to overwhelming employee feedback. If that never or almost never happens, the feedback is being ignored, not taken constructively and not followed.
> out of curiosity, what would it look like to take feedback constructively, but not follow it

You need to have good reasons

> their priorities might not overlap completely with those of ICs

Then their ICs are fully reasonable to be pissed off

If a company's desires doesn't align with the desires of the workers, then there is a big problem imo