WWJB said:
My opinion, and those opinions of virtually everyone I've flown with in the short period I've worked here, is that they DO care.
The corporation is not a person. It is an amoral animal-like consciousness that must get the most from workers for the least cost. If that means
appearing to care, it will
appear to care. If it means appearing to threaten loss of your job it you don't agree to less pay, it will do that too. This it will do without compunction, joy, meanness, anger, or any other human emotion. The
bottom line is its only driving force and it will, like a chamelion, change its appearance to maximize this. It will hire a "people person" if this works. It will hire a "hatchet man" if this works. It is neither good nor bad, it just is. To maximize the bottom line. This explains everything you'll ever need to know about your current or future workplace. Workers in this country were able to unionize and enjoy great benefits for many years because corporations used to be ethical and good? No. But they had to appear that way because this would maximize the bottom line. Airlines and other companies move jobs offshore or declare bankruptcy to zero out pension plans because they're bad? No. But it appears this way and it is done to maximize the bottom line.
If you think that anyone at your company cares about you, really, then you are in for a hard fall. The corporation, if necessary will put you and your family on the street with no more thought than wiping dirt off a windshield, if it maximizes the bottom line.
The animal is doing a great job if "virtually everyone" you fly with thinks they care. It is amazing what it can appear to be in order to get more out of you at less cost. Good luck.