14 ways to spoil the culture of an organization.
- Whenever something is not clear, assume malice.
- Instead of asking for clarification, show your worst interpretation, but only on the backchannel.
- Ask "What the company can do for me" instead of "How can I contribute".
- Never show gratitude for somebody's work.
- Speak freely about other people's incompetence, preferably behind their backs.
- Don't even consider that things around you are the sum of all people's behavior, it's all management's or other department's fault after all.
- Think that management is there to make your life in the organization miserable and to exploit you.
- Since you despise the organization, just focus on complaining about salaries as it should be paid more for working in a rotten culture.
- Try to enforce your vision for fixing social problems. Bonus points for polarizing the whole organization.
- Put the spotlight only on bad things. Be the most pessimistic person in the room.
- Be proud whenever something goes bad, and you can tell "I told you so".
- Drain the energy of other people. It’s a zero sum game.
- Don't trust other people. Don't try to understand their context.
- Even though you no longer accept the organization, don't leave.