Re:He got 1%, we can't hire him
by lambdasquirrel on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @05:13PM
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Which is why we screen people for submission to authority? I don't doubt that they "work" for certain easily-measurable traits of personality. I'm also certain that (1) the tests will be abused and (2) HR people are screening for attributes that are probably more useful in a factory setting.
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Re:He got 1%, we can't hire him
by cantankerous on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @07:04PM
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To varying extents, submission to authority is why you get a paycheck.
If an organization has a successful process of doing something and they bring somebody in who bucks their methods without regard for the establishment, that can be problematic. Sure folks can come in and disrupt organizations for the positive, but I'd say that's probably not the majority of organizational disruptions. Most of them are just obnoxious and unproductive.
Re:He got 1%, we can't hire him
by snowwrestler on Friday August 30, 2013 @04:21PM
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People always doing whatever they think is right works until someone's sense of what is "right" is actually wrong, or harmful to their employer. For example, consider all the people who thought their particular brand of humor or affection was ok, but it triggered a harassment suit.
Loose cannons can destroy more value than they create, even if they are brilliant in certain skills.