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Yes. A big part of being a business owner is that you fall on the spectrum of being an asshole. A little bit or a lot. It takes being an asshole to do large t
by eric4smith 4y ago
Yes.
A big part of being a business owner is that you fall on the spectrum of being an asshole. A little bit or a lot.
It takes being an asshole to do large things. And people end up hating you for it.
The bigger things you do, the bigger of an asshole you end up being.
Quick, name me the leader of a large company who is not an asshole…
And if they are not publicly one, privately they are.
The traits of a leader requires that at least half of the people you are leading will disagree with you.
So yes, why not? I would be an employee hired to do whatever would be needed.
Shift levers. Pound sand. Write code.
And since it is a free country, I would negotiate or accept a wage that I think is good for me and my family.
Or find another job.
- groby_b 4y agoHaving worked with people who built (and build) extremely large things - not true in my experience. While the corporate landscape is conducive to sociopaths, it certainly doesn't require them. So, yes, go find another job is the right answer - because we all deserve to be treated with respect.
- eric4smith 4y agoYou just don’t know them enough as yet.
- GrinningFool 4y agoSo the two options here are that you're right or you're right - regardless of anyone's reported experience that runs contrary?
- eric4smith 4y agoYes
- SimianSci 4y agoYour own limited exposure to CEOs looks to have produced a bias that you are applying to all people who hold the title. Leaders who require themselves to be “assholes” find themselves surrounded by enemies and poison their company culture. Leaders can sometimes be required to be forceful as they overcome forces of entropy, but only the weak ones need to rely on the style Elon does.
- aczerepinski 4y agoWarren Buffett.