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b_b  ·  1485 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: October 28, 2020

    And don't lose sight of the fact that they went out of their way to bring a contrarian into the fold.

This is really good advice, and I appreciate it. The people there know me well enough to know that I'm unafraid to say "yes", "no", or "I don't know", no matter what the prevailing consensus is.

One of the things I loathe about my current bosses is that they want yes men. I've sort of become persona non grata around the department for steadfastly refusing to play that role, regardless of what their already published literature says. Yes men waste money. Yes men start wars. Yes men pass the buck. I really don't like yes men, but I like bosses who like yes men way less.