Re:Abuse is indefensible
by tptacek on Wednesday November 04, 2015 @10:16AM
(#10507108)
I'm a startup founder (wincing), since ~1999. I've seen a board member ejected for talking like this.
But if you're talking about the board of, like, AB InBev, I dunno!
There are people who get away with it, and there are cultures that are fine with it, but my guess is that about 80% of the time, your ability to rant like this is a function of the social status hierarchy. In a Lord Of The Flies sense.
I'd be uncomfortable working on a team that allowed it, because my thought would be: we're not really allowed to talk to each other this way, and the day I piss someone higher-status off will be the day one of my rants is used as an excuse to manage me out of the team.
But if you're talking about the board of, like, AB InBev, I dunno!
There are people who get away with it, and there are cultures that are fine with it, but my guess is that about 80% of the time, your ability to rant like this is a function of the social status hierarchy. In a Lord Of The Flies sense.
I'd be uncomfortable working on a team that allowed it, because my thought would be: we're not really allowed to talk to each other this way, and the day I piss someone higher-status off will be the day one of my rants is used as an excuse to manage me out of the team.