How could everyone's feedback possibly matter?

Why would you listen to and care about the feedback of people who out-rank you if they've never shown they care about you at all?

We have a lot of fucked-up confusion about feedback at work, ranging from "How relevant is it?" to "How often should it occur?" to "Isn't the point of this place to achieve tasks and revenue?" Feedback is really fraught at most places. At some (many?) places, it barely happens at all.

One of the main issues is...

We are expected to take feedback from mul…