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Tech CEOs Want Every Worker to Have a Permanent, Public Job Performance File

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>In the podcast, Youakim provides a seemingly harmless anecdote that illustrates how this works in practice. In response to Hoffman’s question about how he identifies outstanding candidates, Youakim recalled asking one interviewee to meet him for coffee at 7 a.m. on a Saturday as a test for “entitlement.” To decline to meet at such a time would, in Youakim’s mind, illustrate a lack of “going above and beyond.” The pe…

He'll also get a bunch of bootlickers and yes-men who'll do and say whatever the boss wants to hear. This kind of mindset beggars belief. I feel like some people escaped from a Lord of the Flies novel.

If you have no talent, sucking up is a great way to succeed if you find the right ego manic. Over the decades many leeches have rode this train to wealth.
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