Epic

Four years ago, Ryan Breslow was on the cover of Forbes magazine after his $11bn fintech start-up, Bolt Financial, made him one of the world’s youngest billionaires. Bolt’s value has since crashed and the 30-something Breslow is now shedding staff with a vigour that is bracing even for Silicon Valley.

Shit moves fast in the bullshit, VC-funded, fueled-by-cheap-money world. The economics of ownership is back... #1330791, #1459569

though this I'm entirely behind. What tha hell is an HR anyway?!

"No matter what you think of HR and overpaid loafers, I think we can agree Breslow is the sort of boss best avoided.""No matter what you think of HR and overpaid loafers, I think we can agree Breslow is the sort of boss best avoided."

Possibly ("it is impossible to dodge other people who make working life a misery"). I know a thing or two about that #1521292, #1256107

In a Harvard Business Review, Clark uncovers a strange insight:

overemphasising relationships at the top can endear you to top bosses but annoy everyone else so much that it ends up limiting long-term progress. This is very true. Being nice to everyone is far smarter than a lot of ambitious wannabes ever realise.

Conclusion: "I am afraid that one of the most infuriating aspects of the toadying sycophant is the extent to which they keep succeeding."

Time and again I hear friends and relatives in all types of industries despairing of moderately talented bootlickers who rise remorselessly through the ranks while bullying juniors with abandon.  A variant of the species is the middle manager who kisses up and down, but kicks out sideways at peers they deem a threat. I have seen these people in action and it is no fun to be around them.

I can't for the life of me understand why people put up with this... or worse, perpetrate it.

"Ultimately though, I fear the problem will always be with us.""Ultimately though, I fear the problem will always be with us."

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