The No Jerk Rule
Be quick in identifying the people who spoil a workplace and find a way around them to survive in an organization. They are the people who try to make other people worthless. They consider themselves superior and everyone else inferior to them. They never hesitate to backbite and make negative remarks about others. They do damage to the company but quite often go undetected for a long time. They pretend to work 24x7 and pretend to be concerned about work like no one else does, and they create fake emergencies and generate huge volumes of unnecessary work. Victims of bullies/jerks lose their creativity and problem-solving skills and indulge in laborious mechanical tasks as a reprieve. People spend more hours in the office, but productivity lags. People will be afraid of asking questions, fearing retaliation and ridicule. Very soon, the work environment turns toxic. Jerks create and promote many people who are like them and gradually establish total grip. They weed out...