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One of the few very real regrets I have about the way we've run our business is not getting rid of a brilliant asshole sooner. It was boggling: a) How good he
by rukuu001 4y ago
One of the few very real regrets I have about the way we've run our business is not getting rid of a brilliant asshole sooner. It was boggling:
a) How good he was. Just like really really good quality of work.
b) How bad he was. Crying client. Regularly destroying team morale and productivity with incredible drama.
- Ensorceled 4y ago> One of the few very real regrets I have about the way we've run our business is not getting rid of a brilliant asshole sooner. If you can't isolate the brilliant asshole in a back office somewhere, you need to get rid of them. I'm always amazed when brilliant assholes are allowed to directly manage customer relations or co-workers.
- sokoloff 4y agoI’ve had a BA working for me and leading a team. It was one of the highest performing teams I’ve ever had in my org (because everyone was hand-picked/self-selected into that team). It’s not realistic to build teams like this and this team fell apart/could not be sustained when one of the key members eventually left. But they seemed happy and delivered like crazy.