🐾 Bear Blog Entry & 💾 R.A.B.B. Entry #067 — 🔗 Gothic Promotions & Office Bloodletting
Subtitle: Why Your Hard Work Doesn’t Mean Shit Without Optics, Strategy, and a Little Chaos
They tell you to work hard. They say, "Just show up. Be consistent. Be reliable."
You do it. You bleed into spreadsheets. You drown in Slack threads. You nod at every pointless meeting like it matters. And when the time comes? They promote the one who smiled at the VP during the elevator ride.
Because here’s the truth:
You don’t get promoted by just doing your job.
You get promoted when your work cannot be ignored. You get promoted when someone up the chain sees your value—and how it benefits them.
Let’s stop pretending corporate is a fair meritocracy. It’s a play. It’s a bloodless battlefield. And if you’re not making noise or crafting your own myth, you’ll be the silent ghost typing until your spine gives out.
So I stopped. I put on the metaphorical black lipstick. I started walking like every step was a reckoning. And no, I don’t mean fake swagger. I mean visible value:
- Speak in metrics, not feelings.
- Build alliances, not work friends.
- Take initiative and then own the narrative.
- Be the one who speaks last in a meeting—but says what sticks.
Visibility isn’t bragging. It’s survival.
And if someone ever tells you, "You just need to be more visible," what they’re really saying is:
“You’ve been useful. But not influential.”
R.A.B.B. Entry #067 — Promotional Blood Magic & Canva Lies
Alias: That Feel-Good Graphic They Show Before Firing You Anyway
📋 Subject: That graphic showing the smiley guy in a yellow suit with "WORKING LONG HOURS" underneath, versus the rainbow-colored checklist of buzzwords like "Take Initiative" and "Be Adaptable."
🧠 Diagnosis: A well-meaning lie wrapped in feel-good crayons. It implies a checklist is all it takes. But where’s the entry for:
- “Schmoozed correctly at Q3 off-site”?
- “Didn’t threaten fragile manager’s ego”?
- “Looked promotable in a polo shirt”?
🧪 Symptoms in victims: Chronic overperformance with zero upward mobility. Sudden onset of existential dread during 1:1s.
📎 Filed under: Visual Gaslighting with Good Intentions.
💀 Correction Recommended: Burn the checklist. Replace it with:
- Influence > Effort
- Strategy > Sweat
- Seen > Silent
Final Thought:
You can be good. You can be great. But if you're not seen as a threat or an asset, you're invisible.
So turn the lights low. Let the Clown laugh in the dark. Then walk back into the boardroom wearing the truth like armor.
You’re not chasing a title. You’re rewriting the rules.
🔷 Goth Mode: Engaged.
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