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Assholes have devastating cumulative effects…
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It takes numerous encounters with positive people to offset the energy and happiness sapped by a single episode with one asshole.
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Demeaning jerks are victims of their own actions. They suffer career setbacks and, at times, humiliation.
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…organizations that shelter assholes risk greater legal costs…
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Employers… may find themselves vulnerable to expensive and difficult employment lawsuits as disgruntled employees ascribe some unlawful motivation to the abusive conduct.
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The loathing and dissatisfaction that assholes provoke has costs in addition to increased turnover.
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There is even evidence that when people work for cold and mean-spirited jerks, employees steal from their companies to even the score.
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Revenge isn’t pretty, but is a part of human nature that assholes bring out in their victims.
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If word leaks out that your organization seems to be led by mean-spirited jerks, the damage to its reputation can drive away potential employees and shake investor confidence.
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The bad news is that these oppressors cost organizations far more than their leaders and investors usually realize.
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