Do Nice Engineers Finish Last In Tough Times?

jammag writes "As the wave of pink slips is starting to resemble Robespierre and his guillotine, the maneuvering among tech professionals to hang on to their job is getting ugly. IT Management describes the inter-office competition between the manager of a server farm and the supervisor of networks and security. One was nice, giving his team members credit, taking responsibility when something went wrong. The other was a backstabber who spent plenty of time sucking up to the management. As the inevitable cuts came, who do you think hung on to their job?"

Comments

Garbage rises

[composer777]

With capitalism garbage rises regardless of whether or not times are tough...

Re:Garbage rises

[Marble68]

Yeah, because the leaders in socialist China are brilliant, altruistic geniuses.
That's such an ignorant statement I'm not sure where to start.

Re:You might want to think about something here

[PeanutButterBreath]

The point is, what is characterized in the story is not "backstabbing". The assumption among many here is that being nice means being better at a job, which is certainly not true. If Mr. Nice Manager is coddling employees who are introducing viruses to the company network, for example, then Mr. Nice Manager is the danger, not Mr. Backstabbing Manager who outs the dangerously inept even when they are on "his side".