"chronic optimism"
I'm not sure if you mean 'toxic positivity', but I find that quite draining. It's clearly another 'motivational' groupthink technique, to distract from the fact that you're slaving away for someone else's bottom line.
I'm not sure if you mean 'toxic positivity', but I find that quite draining. It's clearly another 'motivational' groupthink technique, to distract from the fact that you're slaving away for someone else's bottom line.
We have a lot of "yes men", including direct managers, who are quick to agree to any deadline and feature no matter what. I feel like I always have to be the bad guy, and it's draining.