An anecdote about corporate bs
In 2016, I got a job offer from Yahoo. The Manager pulls me on a call because he senses that I like a competing offer more - from Google. He also brings his Director on the call.
So this Director smooth talks me about how Yahoo is the next big thing and Google is overvalued. He is just adamant about this, and claims that he had a job offer from Google too, but he chose Yahoo and doesn't regret it. It's a future play, he says. It's important to note that at this time, it was obvious to most that the product they were working on was not doing well. But I thought, maybe most people are wrong. This Director is so optimistic, I might be missing something.
However, I was surprised at what happened in 2 weeks. The Director left Yahoo. That's right, this guy who was telling me how this company was a rocketship - left the rocketship. One month later, the manager left. In the next 2 months, much of the team left.
Luckily, I didn't fall for his schmoosing. I joined Google. However, I was truly surprised at the level of BS he spewed at me. He probably knew himself that this was not the company to be in, and the product to work on, and yet he decided to misguide me. It felt like a con.
Watch out for yourself folks. Don't trust higher ups until you know them. They literally lie and get away with it, because it's socially acceptable for them to do so. Yes, lying is acceptable in upper management. I'm not saying that all of them lie. I think the good ones don't. In fact, I once a manager gave me advice that was against his employer, and I was forever grateful to him. Even if he had lied to me though, I would just write it off by saying - that's his job.
Be careful who you trust, folks - and watch out for their incentives.