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Originally Posted by leddzepp
More often than not they become managers.
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So true. Where I used to work, people breaking stuff got promoted to keep them from breaking more stuff. Sad thing was, they got put into management and weren't really able to help people manage their careers any more than they were able to manage themselves. It got so bad that people were suing the company because they weren't prosecuting/firing the people who were abusing other people. I'm talking physical battery, not just yelling at people (which is also unacceptable, if you want a willing workforce). After a few $1M lawsuits, we all had to sit through a 90 minute lecture from a corporate attorney about how to act- things that we should have learned in the sandbox as kids.
I went to a lunchtime workplace violence seminar, and one of the speakers mentioned that physically abusing your co-workers got you promoted. He then said that that wasn't true, but before he corrected himself, I could see heads (including my own) nodding in agreement all over the room.