Business – The Weber Venture

Prima donnas are a symptom of management failure

I found both of these articles interesting. The first, talks about the value in firing an expert prima donna because of the problems they cause, despite their skills. https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/we-fired-our-top-talent-best-decision-we-ever-made-4c0a99728fde/?gi=fbc062e62a4 I’ve worked with some prima donnas, and they can be toxic. The can be protective of information, refusing to help others understand how something works. They […]

Is Staying at One Company for 20 Years Even an Option?

Business

I stayed at my first company for 12 years. I left that to do consulting, after feeling pretty undervalued. When I told my boss I was leaving, he made an effort to get me to stay, talking to several other department managers to try and find an option that would entice me to stay. I […]

Can Compensation Transparency Work?

Business

I cannot disagree with any of the points D. Burkus’ makes. To elaborate on the effects of keep compensation secret (D. Burkus talks about salary, but that’s only one way of compensating people) are: It gives the company a negotiation advantage, the information asymmetry D. Burkus talks about. If people knew what everyone made, the company couldn’t pay […]