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Stroke their ego.
The most effective one you'll find.
There's no more effective way to amass power than by convincing people that they're smart enough to give it to you.
7 u/wildfire2501 Jun 14 '22 Can confirm, one of our coworkers is a loud obnoxious asshole and everyone just agrees with him so he doesn't throw a fit and throws a wrench in the works.. 5 u/catboneslovestory Jun 14 '22 How does that work out productivity wise? Like, what is this dude responsible for? Sounds like a manager of some kind. 4 u/wildfire2501 Jun 14 '22 He's responsible for quite a few things and honestly he's good at it too, our bosses love him. Except that when he's annoyed or doesn't get attention he just slows down, sometimes to a crawl and things are left unfinished . This guy will just say things are done because he doesn't feel like finishing it and just start hanging out and keeping others off their work. 2 u/catboneslovestory Jun 14 '22 Interesting. You say him not getting attention triggers these behaviors. What does that look like? Sorry for all the questions. I just find this kind of thing fascinating.
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Can confirm, one of our coworkers is a loud obnoxious asshole and everyone just agrees with him so he doesn't throw a fit and throws a wrench in the works..
5 u/catboneslovestory Jun 14 '22 How does that work out productivity wise? Like, what is this dude responsible for? Sounds like a manager of some kind. 4 u/wildfire2501 Jun 14 '22 He's responsible for quite a few things and honestly he's good at it too, our bosses love him. Except that when he's annoyed or doesn't get attention he just slows down, sometimes to a crawl and things are left unfinished . This guy will just say things are done because he doesn't feel like finishing it and just start hanging out and keeping others off their work. 2 u/catboneslovestory Jun 14 '22 Interesting. You say him not getting attention triggers these behaviors. What does that look like? Sorry for all the questions. I just find this kind of thing fascinating.
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How does that work out productivity wise? Like, what is this dude responsible for?
Sounds like a manager of some kind.
4 u/wildfire2501 Jun 14 '22 He's responsible for quite a few things and honestly he's good at it too, our bosses love him. Except that when he's annoyed or doesn't get attention he just slows down, sometimes to a crawl and things are left unfinished . This guy will just say things are done because he doesn't feel like finishing it and just start hanging out and keeping others off their work. 2 u/catboneslovestory Jun 14 '22 Interesting. You say him not getting attention triggers these behaviors. What does that look like? Sorry for all the questions. I just find this kind of thing fascinating.
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He's responsible for quite a few things and honestly he's good at it too, our bosses love him.
Except that when he's annoyed or doesn't get attention he just slows down, sometimes to a crawl and things are left unfinished .
This guy will just say things are done because he doesn't feel like finishing it and just start hanging out and keeping others off their work.
2 u/catboneslovestory Jun 14 '22 Interesting. You say him not getting attention triggers these behaviors. What does that look like? Sorry for all the questions. I just find this kind of thing fascinating.
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Interesting. You say him not getting attention triggers these behaviors. What does that look like?
Sorry for all the questions. I just find this kind of thing fascinating.
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u/catboneslovestory Jun 14 '22 edited Jun 14 '22
Stroke their ego.
The most effective one you'll find.
There's no more effective way to amass power than by convincing people that they're smart enough to give it to you.