> I had a boss who said he only hires a certain ethnic group because they always take on more work and never say no. > But he wasn't aware of the flip-side...

> I had a boss who said he only hires a certain ethnic group because they always take on more work and never say no. > But he wasn't aware of the flip-side... that the manager is then responsible for judging the situation and not making direct requests that are impossible to refuse. He was fully aware of the "flip-side." He explicitly admitted he's hiring people solely with a cultural predisposition towards "never saying no." He can ask anything of them knowing it's impossible for them to refuse, even if it kills them.