I worked for a manager who said multiple times that if all of his directs only gave him the answers that they expected him to want to hear that they were redundant and he would fire them. He never did fire anyone, that I know of, but he was always looking to be challenged.
On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM Bob Bridges <00000587168ababf-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > I'm reminded of a quote attributed to Sam Goldwyn: "I don't want yes men > around me. I want everyone to tell the truth, even if it costs them their > jobs". When I first encountered it I thought of it as a mere joke. It was > only years later that I realized Goldwyn was telling the exact, literal > truth: That is indeed what he wants around him, people who will tell him the > truth even if they fear he'll fire them for it. Of course he'd be foolish to > fire someone just for that.... > > --- > Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 > > /* The creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and > times. -Poor Richard */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of > Mike Schwab > Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 17:59 > > > The ancient Chinese curse of YES men, or YES robots. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Lionel B. Dyck <>< Website:https://github.com/lbdyck "Worry more about your character than your reputation. Character is what you are, reputation merely what others think you are." - John Wooden ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
