Re:No Brilliant Jerks
by alexpetralia on Sunday May 24, 2020 @01:06PM
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> Most people are fine with jerks
If this was the case, would they really be jerks?
Yes. Most people are fine with jerks.
I’ve worked with plenty of jerks and it doesn’t really bother me. I, like most well adjusted people, say “that person is just a jerk, whatever” and move on with my day.
Wimps grind the entire company to a halt because we all need to focus on their wellbeing 24/7 because they can’t do that.
It’s not to say wimps are bad. It’s just that wimps can kill a company culture just like jerks do. And more often than not, it’s the combination of the two that really causes most of the trouble.
Nothing is more damaging to a company than an over performing jerk and an underperforming wimp on the same team.
Most people are fine with jerks. Just like most people aren’t jerks. It’s when the minority group “jerks” intersects with minority group “wimps” that problems show up.
And I would say both groups are equally toxic to company culture.