Become a specialist expert in something well-paying and bound to be in demand for a long time, but learn enough about everything else that management doesn't consider you outdated when they decide to pivot, and may keep you on during the transition.
Become an obsequious corporate yes-man, but be resourceful enough that management will value you as a "self-starter" and "independent thinker".
Be quirky enough to seem creative to management, but synch up perfectly with whatever process is already in place no matter how bizarre or soul-draining. If you rock the boat too much, you -- not the process -- will be considered the problem, as it's easier and cheaper to fire you than it is to implement real change.
If all these things seem self-contradictory, welcome to the mindset of Corporate fucking America. You should see the correct answers to the Unicru tests which are actually used as employee screening for low-level retail positions.
Become an obsequious corporate yes-man, but be resourceful enough that management will value you as a "self-starter" and "independent thinker".
Be quirky enough to seem creative to management, but synch up perfectly with whatever process is already in place no matter how bizarre or soul-draining. If you rock the boat too much, you -- not the process -- will be considered the problem, as it's easier and cheaper to fire you than it is to implement real change.
If all these things seem self-contradictory, welcome to the mindset of Corporate fucking America. You should see the correct answers to the Unicru tests which are actually used as employee screening for low-level retail positions.