2022 Data: Toxic Company Culture Is Fueling the Great Resignation

Re:2022 Data: Toxic Company Culture Is Fueling the Great Res... by eric4smith on Thursday March 17, 2022 @10:05PM (#30718006)

My point is that to generally start a company, most people (NOT ALL) are toxic in nature.

It takes a certain personality to do the things that start up a big enterprise that actually supports the families and lives of "normal" non-toxic people. That's what we have to get.

We may not like it. And I certainly don't. But history has proven that is that it usually takes.

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Re:2022 Data: Toxic Company Culture Is Fueling the Great Res... by tomrod on Thursday March 17, 2022 @10:17PM (#30718079)

> My point is that to generally start a company, most people (NOT ALL) are toxic in nature.

Very much untrue. Perhaps to build a cult of personality one needs to have eccentric tendencies. But to build a successful business toxicity is not required.

I would be curious to know why you feel history, versus your general stereotype of founders, justifies your point.

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Re:2022 Data: Toxic Company Culture Is Fueling the Great Res... by cortesoft on Thursday March 17, 2022 @10:43PM (#30718237)

Most successful companies aren’t started by toxic people. You can be driven, and demand a lot from your employees, without being toxic.

Now, I agree that some of the toxic behavior I mentioned is over-represented in people who are very driven. However, the toxic people who successfully create a business do so in spite of their toxic behavior, not because of it.

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