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Not google, but I was once given feedback that I wasn't promoted to a management position at a company because I was seen as being too "nice". This was despite
by dv_dt 5y ago
Not google, but I was once given feedback that I wasn't promoted to a management position at a company because I was seen as being too "nice". This was despite 4 years of being a manager at past companies and being perfectly able to solve problems w/o pounding on the table and twisting arms. I left that company soon after. But I see that as an symptom of toxic competitiveness culture too.
- jrochkind1 5y agoI understand doing it accidentally or as a side-effect of hard-to-fix dysfunction, but it boggles my mind that they were fully explicit and self-aware and intentional about creating a process where you couldn't succeed without being an asshole. What a terrible place!
- waterhouse 5y agoTo give a maximally charitable interpretation, "nice" could be a euphemism for "doormat/not assertive/not raising objections when one should". Though "being perfectly able to solve problems w/o pounding on the table and twisting arms" is evidence against this. (Though conceivably those giving feedback hadn't noticed that evidence; I have no knowledge here.) Also, it would be ironic if they were "nice" enough to use a euphemism that obscured their point completely.