Sounds like he had read and practiced Peopleware. Rare!!!!!
At 01:50 AM 1/14/2025, Lionel B Dyck wrote:
I worked for a manager who said multiple times that if all of his
directs only gave him the answers that they expected him to want to
hear that they were redundant and he would fire them. He never did
fire anyone, that I know of, but he was always looking to be
challenged.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 11:14â¯PM Bob Bridges
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I'm reminded of a quote attributed to Sam
Goldwyn: "I don't want yes men around me. I
want everyone to tell the truth, even if it
costs them their jobs". When I first
encountered it I thought of it as a mere
joke. It was only years later that I realized
Goldwyn was telling the exact, literal
truth: That is indeed what he wants around
him, people who will tell him the truth even if
they fear he'll fire them for it. Of course
he'd be foolish to fire someone just for that....
>
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> Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313
>
> /* The creditors are a superstitious sect,
great observers of set days and times. -Poor Richard */
>
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> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 17:59
> >
> The ancient Chinese curse of YES men, or YES robots.
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