Startup Funding Espresso – Toxic Employees

Toxic Employees

Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso — your daily shot of startup funding and investing.

Toxic employees can ruin a startup’s culture.

Here are signs you have a toxic employee:

Overconfidence — they believe they can do more than they actually can.

This leads to blown projects, missed deadlines, and poor morale in the group.

Self-absorbed — they believe the world revolves around themselves.

This makes it difficult for them to work well with others in the group.

Rule breakers — they don’t follow the rules as they see themselves above it all.

This creates disruption in the organization.

Uncooperative — they want to run every meeting and project in their own way.

This makes it difficult to complete projects.

Disrespect — they don’t respect others in the group.

This fosters a sense of disunity in the organization.

To resolve these situations, have a discussion with the employee about their behavior.

Bring hard evidence to the discussion to make clear the toxicity.

If the behavior doesn’t change, it may be time to separate from the employee.

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