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"It's a people problem: there is a couple of old-timers who essentially have CEO's ear and behave like small children. Yelling and swearing at meetings, forcing
by bootload 10y ago
"It's a people problem: there is a couple of old-timers who essentially have CEO's ear and behave like small children. Yelling and swearing at meetings, forcing certain people to be fired, that kind of stuff."*
Toxic.
I was watching/listening to Christine Porath talking about this dynamic yesterday. Watch "How incivility shuts down our brains at work" [0] to understand how incivility destroys your performance, motivation in startups and robs your cognitive resources.
[0] 8.24min, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoT-nmSdAOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoT-nmSdAOs
- terrenceJoe 10y agoVery good points in the talk, but is there really a way to fight this incivility? We tried to talk to the people involved, but it didn't really work: these old-timers are pretty efficient at smooth talk and making people believe they mean well for the company. But if you have 1:1 with almost any engineer, they tell you they are burned out and demoralized because of that widespread toxicity.
- bootload 10y ago"is there really a way to fight this incivility?" In RL? I dunno. I say this because the dynamics b/w employer and employee isn't equal. When I choose to work with ppl, the no-arsehole rule applies. This type of situation you describe is probably #1 problem pg describes in non-technical problems that destroy startups. What I do know is defusing situations is important. You cannot reason with ppl who are aggravated. I suspect reasoning isn't on your perps minds. This (overt attention seeking, interrupting) could be seen as a tactic to garner resources.