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If you fire people just for asking questions (possibly after misunderstanding the intent of the question like in this case), then it seems likely you'll end up
by wcoenen 6y ago
If you fire people just for asking questions (possibly after misunderstanding the intent of the question like in this case), then it seems likely you'll end up with a team of sycophants that only tell you what you want to hear.
- runamok 6y agoI had the first impression as you but IIUC they are saying the rep's poor ethics/judgement are enough to make them unemployable and we should all realize and agree or our judgement is also questionable. E.g. Bob's super smart and gets 10 times the work done as anyone else but he also sexually harasses the secretary and dips into the petty cash drawer at least once a week. It should be clear we don't want to have Bob as our employee. See Susan Fowler's experience with her boss at Uber who sexually propositioned her repeatedly but HR said they would not remove because he was a high performer... https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-one-very-strange-year-at-uber https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-on...
- cutemonster 6y agoMy question was only to hopefully learn a bit about how people who do such weird things, can be like, otherwise at the workplace. Wasn't suggesting anything related to firing or not.
- cutemonster 6y ago@wcoenen you're right in that there's a misunderstanding of intent. @ooobit2 I was asking, only to hopefully learn a bit about how people who do such weird things, can be like, otherwise at the workplace. > I've fired people for having less wherewithal than to ask a question like this Makes me wonder if you've fired people in the past, because of misunderstandings