[lbo-talk] "Passive-aggressive" companies

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Wed Apr 14 04:26:52 PDT 2004


When you're smiling, are you seething inside? Mon Apr 12, 6:15 AM ET

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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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=677&e=12&u=/usatoday/whenyouresmilingareyouseethinginside



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