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> "One exception to this that I've found is when someone already has plans for getting rid of someone and just needs the "ammo". At that point, they will quickl
by beckler 6y ago
> "One exception to this that I've found is when someone already has plans for getting rid of someone and just needs the "ammo". At that point, they will quickly become your "friend" in order to get all of the dirt on that person, and then once the deed is done, it'll be like you never existed to them."
This one hits hard. I was just a developer at the time, but I had a co-founder get really chummy with me, and I eventually discovered it was for exactly this reason: to get "ammo" against the CTO to force him out. I got fired shortly after the whole situation played out.
- me_me_me 6y agoI can sympathize, when I was young and naive I was also befriended by my manager who used our conversations about project and about one of my coworkers to get rid of him. He was a bit erratic but he was honest and good programmer. He must have been a 'handful' to a manager so he got rid of him. I realized what happened years after and to this day I feel shitty that I took part in it.