當能見度取代了價值 (別人上台領獎，我在旁邊幫他按下一頁投影片。)
剛出社會時，我真的相信「努力就會被看見」。
加班、擦屁股、救火、扛責任， 覺得只要表現好、別吵別鬧，老天一定會賞飯吃。
結果老天沒出現，主管倒是升官了。
升的理由是「他領導得很好」。 （領導什麼？我的加班時數嗎？）
後來我才發現， 所謂的「能見度」，不是誰做得多， 而是誰會出現在對的地方，說對的廢話。
每家公司都有那種人。
不做事，專門做人。
不負責任，專門 forward 郵件。
會議上什麼都不貢獻， 但報告裡永遠有他名字。
大家會議中討論的點子，他重講一次、冠上 “戰略”“整合”這些字眼， 通通就都變成了他的。
然後他就升官了。
因為比起真的有料的能做事的人，公司比較喜歡那種「看起來很有料」，即便裡面都是中空的。
真正撐起整個團隊的那些人， 在績效評估時會被寫成：
“可靠、穩定、值得信任。” 翻譯：低調、沒存在感、不知道該拿你怎麼升。
然後還會加一句最經典的：
「你能見度要更高一點。」
意思是：別再努力工作了，去製造一點聲音吧。
我後來懂了， 這世界不是不公平， 只是規則根本不是為你設計的。
真正努力的人像摩天大樓的地基， 穩健紮實又深耕，但天天只有被踩的份。
真正會演的人像煙火， 短的猝不及防，但被拍到的機率跟轉發率卻很高。
所以現在我什麼都不求了，只求在他們表演時，不要再用我做的投影片了。
When Visibility Replaces Value (a.k.a. “Why working hard is not the same as being seen.”)
I used to believe that hard work speaks for itself.
Turns out, it mostly whispers (if barely), while visibility screams with a ring light on.
You start small. You stay late, double-check details, fix what others miss.
You assume someone’s watching. Someone must notice.
Spoiler: they’re not.
Meanwhile, someone else strolls into the 10 a.m. meeting five minutes late, repeats your idea – just louder, and suddenly becomes “strategic.”
Every company has that person (or people).
They don’t build anything, but they’re experts at “alignment.”
They don’t manage projects, they manage perception.
They have the gift of saying “Let’s take this offline” and making it sound like leadership.
They master the art of being cc’d in every email, praising upwards, delegating downwards, and somehow standing in the middle when the camera clicks.
The aching joke is: that works.
They get promoted.
Because in corporate reality, looking busy often outranks being useful.
Because the system rewards visibility, not impact.
The ones who actually keep the place running?
They get performance reviews full of “quiet reliability” and “great support.”
A.k.a. invisible.
Then comes the feedback loop of death:
“You need to be more visible.”
Translation:
Talk more. Interrupt more.
Take credit faster.
It’s not a skill gap. It’s a spotlight gap.
And the higher you climb, the worse it gets.
At senior levels, meetings aren’t about strategy anymore.
They’re about performance art. Everyone’s playing PowerPoint chess while pretending it’s war.
So no, I’m not saying “fake it till you make it.”
I’m saying: if you’re already doing the work, learn how to make it impossible for anyone else to take your light.
Because if you don’t tell your story, someone else will, and they’ll probably do it using your slides, your data, and your blood, repackaged with better adjectives.