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Rat, would you call that flakiness or sonofabitchness? I'd put prima donnas in sonofabitch territory.
As engineers we had little tolerance for bs and resoundingly trounced or ignored those who practiced sob'isms. If they had position, they knew it and late wasn't a big deal - likewise they knew we'd get work done without them. However, if they were a simple sob, they quickly lost favor and position. Makes things pretty clear when they ask for status on things already covered and they're offered copies of someone's notes after the meeting.
Not to say groups of uniformly sucking people don't exist, but in my experience they're the exception and self-correcting in the big picture. If not it sends a strong message about the management chain.
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There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195
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