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Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by albandread on Friday July 19, 2019 @07:14AM (#20477633)
The truly brilliant will just win at the new soft skills game as well; and just adapt their behaviour. They are very used to hiding among us.

The description brilliant jerks; does come over as despising of talent.

Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by gridlockd on Friday July 19, 2019 @09:56AM (#20478672)
If you're a truly brilliant person and you're still working at Atlassian, you should be on your way out anyway. Atlassian clearly has jumped the shark.

I don't actually have an issue with getting rid of people that really are a drag on team morale with their antics, even when they're highly productive. Perhaps you can find another spot for them, otherwise let them go their merry way and have them be brilliant elsewhere.

Having said that, there's a lot of people "on the spectrum" that are jerks not out of arrogance, but because their brain happens to make them essentially tone deaf. With all this talk about "diversity", I hope Atlassian doesn't forget about neurodiversity.

Re:Atlassian ditches ‘brilliant jerks’ in performance review... by Quarrelsome on Friday July 19, 2019 @07:42AM (#20477770)
I feel like it more means people who poor social skills are tolerated because they are otherwise brilliant in a given niche.