Do Nice Engineers Finish Last in Tough Times?
Jan 21, 2009, 06:02 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Eric Spiegel)
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"Well, Stuart has a peer manager who took care of networks and
security. We'll call him Doug. According to Stuart, Doug was not so
nice. He was rather conniving and was constantly taking credit for
his team's accomplishments and sometimes other teams -- especially
Stuart's team. Stuart on the other hand always gave his team credit
for their work and praised his peer's accomplishments. He basically
ignored Doug, only dealing with him professionally as
necessary.
"Even worse, Doug consistently called out his team members in
front of upper management when things went wrong. If a virus made
its way from someone's thumb drive onto the network, Doug could be
heard screaming at employees down the hall. When one of Stuart's
team members made a mistake, he would take that opportunity to
teach them and would take full responsibility for the error with
management."
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