A conflict with a manager ended with me being disallowed to work at Spotify

Re:A conflict with a manager ended with me being disallowed ... by kcplate on Monday June 20, 2022 @12:44PM (#31812493)

I suspect you don’t have much experience with how much chaos an immature and overly arrogant person can cause a project. Those people can be poison to morale, to productivity, to the organization’s culture, and ultimately to the organization itself that employ them.

Been there, done that, and it’s just not worth it. The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one.

One organization I worked for about 15 years ago, us leaders and managers had the flexibility by the owner to immediately remove any person we deemed as poison or problematic: employee or contractor. We would deal with any legal fallout after because it was understood that removing the poison was ultimately better and less costly for the organization than any legal fallout related to a termination.

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Re:A conflict with a manager ended with me being disallowed ... by baobabKoodaa on Monday June 20, 2022 @01:05PM (#31812724)

Your suspicion is correct: I don't have experience like that.

That said, if I ever were in the same project with you, I would walk on egg shells the entire time. You're willing to fire people on the spot for badly delivered book recommendations. Who's willing to present any sort of criticism in an environment like that? You'll end up with a team full of yes-men.

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Re:A conflict with a manager ended with me being disallowed ... by kcplate on Monday June 20, 2022 @05:53PM (#31816567)

> You're willing to fire people on the spot for badly delivered book recommendations?

Actually, I said I would likely choose to not renew the contract because it was an arrogant dick move (and was intentionally made as a dick move) and I find in my experience those people are a bad fit for most teams.

I’d fire someone on the spot if it was apparent they were poisoning the environment. I have never let anyone go for constructive criticism.

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