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CEOs should realize that firing and paying a settlement to bad apples is cheaper than letting them pollute the atmosphere
by monopolyofpain 3y ago
CEOs should realize that firing and paying a settlement to bad apples is cheaper than letting them pollute the atmosphere
- whywhywhywhy 3y agoBad attitudes are way more contagious than a lot of people realize. Just having one person with a bad attitude and resentment to their employer can spread to 5-10 people if they're influential enough.
- sitkack 3y agoWhen a company breeds those baditudes faster than they cycle out, they are doomed. From my discussions with people at large tech companies, most of the big players are sitting on a huge toxic morass that they won't be able to escape. MBAs have taken over at all the large tech companies.
- mehlmao 3y agoMaybe people wouldn't resent their employer if their employer did something about the people stealing breast milk, or if they actually took action against the managers sexually assaulting women in the "Cosby Suite".
- whywhywhywhy 3y agoTaking about normal companies not whatever insanity is going on at blizzard.
- JohnFen 3y agoBut if there's no actual basis for the person to have a bad attitude, the coworkers are more likely to resent, shun, and/or ridicule them than to adopt a similar attitude.
- devjab 3y agoThey know. A pretty basic part of any sort of management course I’ve ever encountered is getting to know everyone is expendable. It’s simply down to a matter of cost. What you do with that information, however, is very individual. That being said, and this is me talking about something I don’t know too much about, but hasn’t part of the many Blizzard controversies been that their CEO himself is sort of what you describe as a bad apple?
- mcdonje 3y agoA CEO who defends bad apples and attacks whistleblowers is a bad apple.
- ncr100 3y agoI assume the motivation of this CEO to do a "good job" for their employees is ambiguous. I speculate this CEO could burn down the company and still be RICH.