[muawiyah]

We had a guy like the Mitbots in our office ~ we got rumors of an impending RIF. He got the idea that if he could bait others into really nasty arguments, and then run to the boss with a complaint about them, he would enhance his standing and get an extra 15 points.

About half of us were veterans so he didn't have a chance.

[cripplecreek]

No kidding. They’ve started to sound like homosexuals, black reperationists and amnesty supporters all rolled into one. Poor poor Mitt and his downtrodden supporters.

[Mr. Jeeves]

We had a guy like the Mitbots in our office ~ we got rumors of an impending RIF. He got the idea that if he could bait others into really nasty arguments, and then run to the boss with a complaint about them, he would enhance his standing and get an extra 15 points.

I don't understand the mentality of people who would attempt things like that just to hold on to a transient commodity like "my job". I think they are just competing out of instinct, with no clear concept of what they are really fighting for. But someone who publicly displays such instinctive, unthinking behavior should be fired immediately, anyway - he'll do something to screw up the company at some point.