“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” -Mark Twain
It is be impossible to expect a person above you in a hirarchy to be reasonable.
It is be impossible to expect a person above you in a hirarchy to be reasonable.
Also, there can be no rule without exceptions.
I thorougly enjoyed the article and it definitively got me thinking. I do believe in the reasonable concept. I definitively have met many reasonable persons- but I have also met equally many or more who are not. What does it even mean "to be reasonable?" It is subjective. Because I can be reasonable but you cannot is what proves the statement.
Why's that?
This is, however, only as bad as your lack of leverage as a subordinate. If your dissatisfaction can make your superiors' lives harder (by quitting or by working suboptimally), you'll find that they become quite a bit more reasonable.