Re: Re: Batch Files as a Timed Ev
  By: Gamgee to Andre on Thu Feb 24 2022 07:02 pm

 Ga> Really? Do you think they'd know a person was an asshole based on a 20
 Ga> minute interview where the person would naturally be on their best
 Ga> behavior in order to get the job? I think that's a stretch.

I've hired a lot of people and interviewed so many people I've lost count. The only odd personality that we missed was a weeb. And it's not necessarily that you're screening out the assholes directly. They get tossed out without anyone else who's arrogant about their ability.

And it's not just hiring. Those people get fired. Those people get lower bonuses and raises. I know, because I do those things.

 Ga> While that may be (sort of) true, it's mostly projection/speculation, and
 Ga> doesn't really apply to the case at hand.

If you lead enough teams of people, either at work or in other parts of life, you learn quickly how fast people leave because of a toxic person. I've lost great employees because of it. And I've struggled to increase membership at clubs because of it... new people don't last more than a few meetings because of a bunch of morons that can't stop working politics into every discussion.

So no, I don't have hard data about BBS networks. I have a ton of personal experience that says it's probably been a problem here for years.

 Ga> While I would agree that MRO is generally an asshole, he was actually
 Ga> right in this thread.

The poster has a working solution. So there are multiple right solutions, maybe one being better than the other. One of those right solutions the poster walked away happy and had a good experience with the community. The other right solution had the person walk away feeling like the community is painful to be around. 

Beyond that MRO and some of the others are a wider problem. MRO can't go a single post without being offensive. People who wear being an asshole as a badge of honor don't like when everyone else talks out loud about what an asshole they are. But he's far from the only problem person... The guys cursing each other out in General about Trump/Biden aren't much better.


- Andre

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