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0 pointssp33215y ago0 comments

Sometimes, to raise morale, you just have to fire all the unhappy people.

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pyre15y ago· 1 in thread

That strategy works best when the firings cause previously happy people to become unhappy.

prodigal_erik15y ago

I never thought of Dwarf Fortress as management training before, though I probably should have.

http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Tantrum

PakG115y ago· 1 in thread

It's true. Unhappy people can poison a culture and be a drag on everyone. The big question is whether they're unhappy because they're just unhappy people in general, or if they're unhappy because the company truly sucks.

loewenskind15y ago

You probably have to assume the former because if it's the latter you're probably not in a position to do anything about it anyway.

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