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Re:Ask HN: Dealing with that *challenging* work personality by qthrowayq0909 on Thursday April 06, 2023 @08:33AM (#35467486)
Tried to raise to management and/or team lead. It's really their job to handle a$$holes (not to mention to not hire them in the first place).

But, most of the times they either didn't care or were spineless so next up is moving away either to a different role or team or department or a company. Every place has a$$holes but some places have a culture in place that does not allow them to go unchecked.

PS: Is him ex-FAANG? Usually it were such people for me.

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Re:Ask HN: Dealing with that *challenging* work personality by throwarayes on Thursday April 06, 2023 @09:55AM (#35468344)
Yes, very much so.

My challenge is management sees this person as indispensable and not as big of a deal. The person works hard to make themselves indispensable, and really bad at coaching others to do their role. To some degree they see this person as a problem, BUT this person is also really good at putting on a good face for higher ups.

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