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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more p... by alfredmuffin on Thursday September 27, 2018 @09:50AM (#18084440)
Can't speak for others, but at my large tech company the push for empathy has demonstrably increased employee happiness.

Naturally, the individuals who argued against these changes were older white male engineers too ingrained in their ways.

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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more p... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday September 27, 2018 @10:19AM (#18084712)
> but at my large tech company the push for empathy has demonstrably increased employee happiness

That says nothing bout the efficacy of the policy in terms of getting things done though. It is true that it is usually possible to be honest without being abrasive, however it is my experience that abrasive honesty is worth a lot more than polite dishonesty when it comes to getting things done. So in that way, "at least he's honest" makes sense.

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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more p... by alfredmuffin on Thursday September 27, 2018 @10:35AM (#18084879)
Employee happiness is directly correlated with productivity.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more p... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday September 27, 2018 @10:54AM (#18085074)
That may be, but there's a reason companies use metrics other than employee happiness to see how they're doing.
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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more p... by conradfr on Thursday September 27, 2018 @03:27PM (#18087792)
As demonstrated in Amazon Fulfillment Centers.
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