> I can be very flexible and friendly, but I always put the company first and I value the group's wellbeing over an individual employee.
While difficult decisions have to be made for a group's wellbeing over an individual's, if you're managing people frequently you need to be perceived to put their wellbeing over the company's. Sure, most of the time your hands are tied (a capitalist company exists to make money) but botht he perception and some action are important.
> I have accepted that, on the short term, it does not necessarily make me nice or likeable. Many would even say on the contrary.
Here's the real cause of problems with the employee. You are a person who values logic and results above people skills. So am I. But - despite not running a company like you - I've learned that others don't, and people skills are infinitely more valuable to have and have to be developed by me, else I fail them.
Inge Geerdens, sort yourself out and then take your employees to task.
"Logic and results" is orthogonal to "people skills". I've worked with so many other programmers who act like this. Being smart does not excuse being rude.
While difficult decisions have to be made for a group's wellbeing over an individual's, if you're managing people frequently you need to be perceived to put their wellbeing over the company's. Sure, most of the time your hands are tied (a capitalist company exists to make money) but botht he perception and some action are important.
> I have accepted that, on the short term, it does not necessarily make me nice or likeable. Many would even say on the contrary.
Here's the real cause of problems with the employee. You are a person who values logic and results above people skills. So am I. But - despite not running a company like you - I've learned that others don't, and people skills are infinitely more valuable to have and have to be developed by me, else I fail them.
Inge Geerdens, sort yourself out and then take your employees to task.