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How to piss off, demoralize, and demotivate your team

8 pointsby bratfarrarover 11 years ago

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ja27over 11 years ago
I should write a book of what I&#x27;ve seen. Just a sampler:<p>- Publically thank the team members for working so hard on a project but leave one person off the list<p>- Invite your entire team out for lunch but then ask for separate checks<p>- Right after shipping a version, lay off the employee that put in the most unpaid overtime on it<p>- Publically announce that there wasn&#x27;t enough money for bonuses for everyone so only a few people got them<p>- Heap praise on the developer that worked so many nights and weekends to get his code fixed and ignore all the developers whose code worked right in the first place<p>- Schedule lunch time meetings and have the receptionist order lunch only for yourself<p>- Rebrand the product to something everyone laughs at like &quot;PADS&quot;<p>- Cancel free sodas and water for developers but keep the well-stocked fridge for sales, marketing and executives<p>- Announce that the team will no longer be allowed to work from home, then the next day announce that you&#x27;re working from home<p>- Have a pep rally type company conference and hand out &quot;gold medals&quot; to go with the &quot;we&#x27;re all winners&quot; theme. Except you run out of medals by the time you get to the back rows where the developers are sitting. Also, make sure to get bronze-colored medals, not gold.
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