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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6196017" data-attributes="member: 8835">I do see a problem with the one company's logic:&quot;Albrecht said the idea to specify that they were looking for nice candidates came after talking to company managers about which employees were the highest performers. The company executives found that the positive, generous employees seemed to do best, while the negative complainers were the most problematic.&quot;While I agree that a negative complainer can be annoying to work with, they are quite possibly a symptom indicative of a Jerk Manager, rather than the problem.Most employees have problems with Jerks in the workplace because the Jerks are in a position of authority and they abuse that position.If somebody worked in that kind of toxic environment, no doubt they'd be negative and complaining too.The problem in most workplaces is that Jerks are good at sucking up to those above them, while treating their underlings poorly.&nbsp; Their social defect is also their social skill in knowing who matters and who doesn't.The problem then is that the Jerk's superiors fail to recognize the source of the problems is the Jerk, because they can't see past the facade.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6196017, member: 8835"] I do see a problem with the one company's logic: "Albrecht said the idea to specify that they were looking for nice candidates came after talking to company managers about which employees were the highest performers. The company executives found that the positive, generous employees seemed to do best, while the negative complainers were the most problematic." While I agree that a negative complainer can be annoying to work with, they are quite possibly a symptom indicative of a Jerk Manager, rather than the problem. Most employees have problems with Jerks in the workplace because the Jerks are in a position of authority and they abuse that position. If somebody worked in that kind of toxic environment, no doubt they'd be negative and complaining too. The problem in most workplaces is that Jerks are good at sucking up to those above them, while treating their underlings poorly. Their social defect is also their social skill in knowing who matters and who doesn't. The problem then is that the Jerk's superiors fail to recognize the source of the problems is the Jerk, because they can't see past the facade. [/QUOTE]

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