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Ask HN: Have you worked with a toxic colleague?

3 pointsby johnpythonover 6 years ago

2 comments

Ibethewalrusover 6 years ago
Yup, been there. I was advised by my boss on my first day to ignore him, as this person was at a different department. When I had some work to do with this person I acted as professional as I could. Hope that helps.<p>A bully, he is still working at that company, and the best workers have quit...
rjplatteover 6 years ago
Yes. He hired me, I had his job after one month. Things he did included:<p>&quot;Rewrite&quot; our Roku application an hour before an investor demo, make me fix it with about 30 seconds to spare, and then blame me, over speakerphone, to his&#x2F;our boss, who invited me to listen.<p>Yell at me about his family while drinking beer at 3pm<p>Smoke 4 joints in a row during a late-night grind, and then emphasize how &#x2F;he&#x2F; did the work last night at the morning meeting.<p>Literally delete my code (No VC) minutes after I shipped it.<p>He was great. Just great.