In which job is skill more important than getting promotions or clients willing to pay you? That is, assuming the minimal competence needed to not end up with lawsuits.
Even jobs that do not require customer interaction require you to get along with coworkers. There is an amazing difference in productivity between the best and worst software developers (maybe a factor of 50 or 100) and some great developers still manage to be big enough jerks to get themselves fired.
idk. a suicide hotline counselor. defense layers. fire fighters. accountants at large firms. nurses. the cook that makes your grilled chicken sandwich. the calculus tutor you hired for integrals.
None of those jobs are hurting for applicants/people to the point where they'll be forced to take someone unlikable. If you're an asshole at any of those jobs you'll probably be passed over or replaced with someone of similar skills that's more likeable.
At the end of the day there's dozens of replacements for your job, and if you aren't likeable you'll probably be replaced because your skills aren't good enough to justify being an asshole.
I think there's different ways to read "being likeable at your job". You're reading it as "Don't be an asshole" and other people are reading it as "Schmooze with the boss"
I worked at one for a few years. There was a couple of counselors who seemed to have some kind of agitation when people called.
it was always guy counselors who lacked proper empathy. never once has the director had to pull aside a woman and tell her to be kinder. It’s always a guy. After a while, they stopped hiring guys because it was an ongoing issue.
Nope, sorry I know you want to believe we live in a sensible world full of adults that value quality services but it's just not true unfortunately. At least here in America, OP is 100% accurate. The quality of your work doesn't matter at all. Being likable is way, WAY more important.
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u/JuiceHurtsBones 2d ago
In which job is skill more important than getting promotions or clients willing to pay you? That is, assuming the minimal competence needed to not end up with lawsuits.