By Del Jones, USA TODAY
Three of every 10 people in the USA work for a passive-aggressive company.
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Managers imply that workers are doing a good job, then beat them over the head at performance review time. Workers quietly seethe. They retaliate by turning work in late. No one wants to assume a personal risk, so every little decision goes to committee and winds up on the agenda at a do-nothing meeting.
Meetings are a good way for employees to determine if they work for a passive-aggressive company. They go like this: Everyone is pleasant and agreeable. There's little debate, certainly no heated debate. Heads nod when someone with power says it's time to introduce something new.
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