See some related HN submissions and threads: Inside the Mirrortocracy https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7930430 ; Guess Who Doesn’t Fit in at Work https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9789928
*Edit: Okay, I read both of the articles, and they were fairly interesting, so thanks. I do have a pet peeve / complaint though: Both of the articles purported to link to research, but neither actually did. the first article linked to a list of slide decks and the second article linked to a summary of research. I've read enough bad summaries now that I am working on becoming a primary sources junky. Do you know of any research on this issue that's been done?
How do you measure that? By seeing if they listen to the same types of music or drink the same types of beer?
> they will perform best if they are naturally in tune with the company's ideals and methodology,
Oh good Lord, how are you ever going to measure this?
> and can quickly develop camaraderie with the existing crew.
Aw, shit.
The idea being expressed here is that if you bring in a new employee, even one that has no previous experience with the technologies being used, they will perform best if they are naturally in tune with the company's ideals and methodology, and can quickly develop camaraderie with the existing crew.
On the other hand, if you hire someone that knows all the necessary tech, but is constantly at odds with how things are done, alienates their coworkers, or manages to clog up the process in other ways--in those scenarios, everyone loses.
It has nothing to do with a cultural hive mind; it's just a matter of keeping a team synchronized and efficient.