Re:The Google+ project and exec team
by awinder on Sunday October 14, 2018 @11:19AM
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The email was definitely a misplay, but the manager response was also pretty rough. Google’s a big place, surely there’s a non-petty solution other than telling someone that they’ve ordained their future manager — in the heated moment with that person.
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Re:The Google+ project and exec team
by ordinaryperson on Sunday October 14, 2018 @11:27AM
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No question (assuming the author represented the conversation accurately).
But you need to deal with jerks. There's lots of them out there, often in management positions.
He says this made him "very depressed" and working there was "completely and utterly ruined" -- an on over-reaction. Toxic leadership is bad but you shouldn't let it control you to this extent.