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> being a jerk in social situations is by itself absolutely grounds for being fired. That runs contrary to most companies I've worked at.

• tptacek 5y ago
  I'm not sure I can think of a team I've worked on with more than 10 people on it where someone didn't get let go for noncriminal bad behavior that wasn't simply work incompetence. Obviously, it happens all the time. That there are extreme assholes that manage to retain (or even improve) their positions isn't evidence against my argument, because it's not my claim that there's a consistent standard; in fact, the lack of such a standard is part of my point.
  • koheripbal 5y ago
    Were these professional teams, or high school/college/food service jobs?
    • tptacek 5y ago
      I went to work in tech right after high school; I've never worked a food service job.
      • kstrauser 5y ago
        I’m saddened by the pushback against the notion of firing assholes. There are some people I just did not want to work with, and on a few occasions management came to the same conclusion. And I wouldn’t want to work for a company that wouldn’t fire people who were acting terribly in public. Who wants to sit next to someone awful all day?