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> I'm not sure that the issue is necessarily that someone was selected for "bullying," as opposed to the "squeeze employee, and toss out dried husk" thing, that
by yellowapple 4y ago
> I'm not sure that the issue is necessarily that someone was selected for "bullying," as opposed to the "squeeze employee, and toss out dried husk" thing, that many managers do.
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> I do believe that there is real bullying, from insecure jerks (I have seen it, and experienced it), but this sounds more like garden-variety usury by a sociopathic upper manager.
Same shit, different toilet. Bullying is an alarmingly-common way to Peter Principle yourself into positions of greater power, and bullies loathe anyone who even minutely and accidentally threatens that power. They squeeze subordinates because they are bullies, and it's about time we called 'em like they are.
- ChrisMarshallNY 4y agoFair point. I would say that bullying is something insecure people do to feel better about themselves, though. Sociopaths are often not insecure, at all. They just act cruel, because it achieves an end. They can also act amazingly empathetic (then switch it around in a second). People like Adolf Hitler and Idi Amin were known for being incredibly engaging, sympathetic, and entertaining, but would whisper "Kill him," to the guard, on the way out.