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Viral TikTok video says nice people don't get promoted. Experts disagree.

• jqpabc123 2y ago
  Both estimates suggest that psychopaths are far more prevalent in corporate management than in the general population — about 3.5 to 12 times more. And they may be even more common in the top office, with one analysis finding that one in five CEOs could be a corporate psychopath. https://bigthink.com/leadership/corporate-psychopath-ceo/ https://bigthink.com/leadership/corporate-psychopath-ceo/
• cebert 2y ago
  > Jacqueline says in the video that executives “will never allow an employee who is both good at doing the work and good at keeping a smile on their face while doing the work move up the ladder, because they know they can keep serving you sh-t on a platter and you’ll eat it with a smile.” The way this was phrased made me laugh (regardless if you agree or not).
• CRConrad 2y ago
  Before reading TFA: Some folk wisdom says "only arseholes get promoted"; others say "only boot-lickers get promoted". Both are right and wrong: It's not "only" in either case, it's "only people who are arseholes or boot-lickers get promoted (and if someone is both, they've hit the jackpot)". CNBC usually has a rather corporate perspective, so I'd guess their "experts" are precisely the kind to mistake boot-licking for "being nice". OK, now off to check TFA to see if I'm right...
  • CRConrad 2y ago
    Meh. Didn't (of course) confirm my hypothesis, but didn't exactly plausibly contradict it either.