You're right. The person managing the jerk should have 'skin in the game' with everyone the jerk interacts with or else the manager can (and will) game the sys

You're right. The person managing the jerk should have 'skin in the game' with everyone the jerk interacts with or else the manager can (and will) game the system. I once managed someone with a terrible reputation (because I got a great rate on him) and made sure I was his only conduit to anyone else. After a few weeks of the arrangement, it became easier for me to work with him - he appreciated the arrangement and was very productive. At the end of the day, he wasn't a bad/evil person. He just didn't get along with people, he didn't have much patience, and he was profoundly disagreeable and situations that work for most people didn't work for him. Ultimately, I was able to find an accommodation for him and get him to contribute to the company. It's a shame that we think of 'accommodations' as outside the scope of regular businesses or as something for defective people but the reality in most functioning workplaces is that we're all accommodated and we should all accommodate others. The single mom on my team isn't defective, but we need to change the arrangement a bit away from convention to make sure she can put in her best work.