Comment by fwip

Comment by fwip 12 hours ago

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The small and successful company (~100 people) my brother-in-law works at is currently self-destructing, specifically because the CEO is that exact kind of family-loyalty "father figure" wannabe.

lurk2 11 hours ago

Is it failing because he is being taken advantage of or is it failing because he is trying to take advantage of others?

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  • fwip an hour ago

    The latter - he valued loyalty over competency (ending up surrounding himself with yes men), and demanded too much of the competent folk until they burnt out and left.

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