I've given this a lot of thought lately. (You'll be happy to know that my work situation has improved tremendously and I no longer have the Devil for a boss. Also I've given up collecting staplers because I actually have stuff to do, now.)
But back to the jerks--why do we put up with them? Why don't we consider bad behavior to be part of the job performance? I often hear, "well, he really knows his stuff." Or, "She's a witch, but she gets things done." My feeling is, so what? Why not reward the people who get things done AND are nice? For some reason we associate nice with weak, but that's not the case at all. It takes a much stronger person to still be nice in the face of abuse AND achieve things. That's the person I want to hire--the one who smiles at the jerk and still turns out great work. Isn't that the person we should reward??
Discuss.
But back to the jerks--why do we put up with them? Why don't we consider bad behavior to be part of the job performance? I often hear, "well, he really knows his stuff." Or, "She's a witch, but she gets things done." My feeling is, so what? Why not reward the people who get things done AND are nice? For some reason we associate nice with weak, but that's not the case at all. It takes a much stronger person to still be nice in the face of abuse AND achieve things. That's the person I want to hire--the one who smiles at the jerk and still turns out great work. Isn't that the person we should reward??
Discuss.
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