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Re:No Brilliant Jerks by alexpetralia on Sunday May 24, 2020 @01:06PM (#23292878)
> Most people are fine with jerks

If this was the case, would they really be jerks?

Re:No Brilliant Jerks by momokoko on Sunday May 24, 2020 @01:54PM (#23293217)
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.