There's certainly some selection bias on these sorts of threads, but I agree with you that it's important for individuals to take as much responsibility as they can for the outcome they expect.
That means vetting a company before joining it, pushing back during negotiations and being willing to walk away, giving necessary feedback to your coworkers regardless of their title, and personally practicing the style of leadership you expect from others.
It takes a team of people though, and if the team isn't solid then you need to either try to fix it or walk away. A good team will build individuals up and support them rather than wear down and exploit them.
I just passed the 5 year mark at my current company. When I joined there were about 30 people, and now it's probably around 400. I took 4 days off this week, but on Friday afternoon I popped into the old "office", which are some portable buildings on a cattle ranch. It turned out to be the once-every-few-years junk cleanup day, and the CEO, possibly a billionaire on paper at this point, was limping around with leather gloves and a sore back, and all he had to talk about was the recent ultrasound of his first baby, and how proud he is of how the company has grown since the last cleanup day.
That means vetting a company before joining it, pushing back during negotiations and being willing to walk away, giving necessary feedback to your coworkers regardless of their title, and personally practicing the style of leadership you expect from others.
It takes a team of people though, and if the team isn't solid then you need to either try to fix it or walk away. A good team will build individuals up and support them rather than wear down and exploit them.
I just passed the 5 year mark at my current company. When I joined there were about 30 people, and now it's probably around 400. I took 4 days off this week, but on Friday afternoon I popped into the old "office", which are some portable buildings on a cattle ranch. It turned out to be the once-every-few-years junk cleanup day, and the CEO, possibly a billionaire on paper at this point, was limping around with leather gloves and a sore back, and all he had to talk about was the recent ultrasound of his first baby, and how proud he is of how the company has grown since the last cleanup day.