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magz
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14 Oct 2020, 10:59 am

It would be really a toxic work culture if the employer by default saw the problem in complaining employees but not the one they notoriously complain about.

It seems in reality such situation is rare:

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The studies concluded that being a jerk provides no advantage in career advancement. Any power boost disagreeable people get from being intimidating is offset by their poor interpersonal relationships, the studies concluded.
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"I was surprised by the consistency of the findings. No matter the individual or the context, disagreeableness did not give people an advantage in the competition for power -- even in more cutthroat, 'dog-eat-dog' organizational cultures," said Berkeley Haas Prof. Cameron Anderson, who co-authored the study with Berkeley Psychology Prof. Oliver P. John, doctoral student Daron L. Sharps, and Assoc. Prof. Christopher J. Soto of Colby College.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 154408.htm

Don't be a jerk. Just do your job.


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14 Oct 2020, 1:19 pm

Citymale wrote:
Again, you can keep insisting on how job coaching should work..


So do you.

I am speaking from experience as well. I have been employed all of my life since about the age of 10 and I am in my mid 50s now. Companies expect us to be professional, and that can mean many different things to many different companies and fields.

There is no real evidence that being abusive is a productive strategy in finding or even keeping a job. Organization and goal setting works, but that is not abuse. As far as talking with friends and family, how does that work if none are connected to your field? It is far better identifying the people you need to talk with or apply to in those fields.