Toxic Workers Are More Productive, But the Price Is High

Re:Toxic Workers Are More Productive, But the Price Is High by maxxxxx on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @11:59AM (#19209485)

I guess I am looking at it from the employee perspective. If you want to advance it’s probably better to risk being called toxic instead of being a good team player who never gets anywhere.

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Re:Toxic Workers Are More Productive, But the Price Is High by jmrobertson on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:36PM (#19209867)

That takes some faith that being an unselfish team player will in fact get you somewhere.

From a mgmt perspective, assuming a good manager, it does.

If your team/org doesn't approach it that way, the solution is find a high performing team that does approach it that way, not become toxic yourself. 10/10 high performance, long term successful teams approach things this way (source: this study, and people who have experienced this approach luckily).

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Re:Toxic Workers Are More Productive, But the Price Is High by maxxxxx on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:46PM (#19209989)

"That takes some faith that being an unselfish team player will in fact get you somewhere."

From my experience in most cases it's not getting you anywhere. You will just be taken as granted.

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Re:Toxic Workers Are More Productive, But the Price Is High by Sharlin on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @02:43PM (#19211285)

There are many unethical things you might be prepared to do if your goal is "getting somewhere". Where do you draw the line? Or is it a case of not hating the player but hating the game?

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Re:Toxic Workers Are More Productive, But the Price Is High by maxxxxx on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @03:21PM (#19211595)

It’s certainly about hating the game it also accepting that if you want to make some money you probably have to play it.

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