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From what I can tell, most modern ethicists don't like selfish people. As it turns out, you can be selfish and build teams of people who happily work together.
by dmor 15y ago
From what I can tell, most modern ethicists don't like selfish people. As it turns out, you can be selfish and build teams of people who happily work together.
As a manager currently, I can tell you how I deal with free agents ready to do the next thing: I let them go, and plan ahead for their departure.
- einhverfr 15y agoSo what do you do about people who: 1) Have a free agent mindset (I can go if I don't like it here) 2) Are more loyal to the company than to their managers, and 3) Have no respect for the chain of command?
- dmor 15y agoI hire them as fast as I can, because they change the world and every minute you can have them in your company is amazing. I think of myself as more of a talent agent, not their boss. I have 16 direct reports at Twilio and ~50% of them are this type. I am grateful for every day they wake up and say, "Yes I am happy going to work today". I work to earn that time by supporting their goals and projects, empowering them to set their own course, and sketching a rough outline of the goals we have to achieve. I try to find ways that our mission as a company is aligned with their own passions and interests, and try to keep us in sync around if they're satisfied. And someday, when they leave and build their own things, I will support them and I hope we will have our own Twilio "startup mafia".