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At places that are most vehement and effective at enforcing the no asshole rule, ’employee performance’ and ‘treatment of others’ aren’t separate things.
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If you are a really big winner, you can get away with being a really big asshole.
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‘Extraordinary talent’ is an all-purpose justification for tolerating, pampering, and kissing up to these destructive jerks.
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In most places, certified assholes are tolerated, but only up to a point.
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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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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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Revenge isn’t pretty, but is a part of human nature that assholes bring out in their victims.
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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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The loathing and dissatisfaction that assholes provoke has costs in addition to increased turnover.
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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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