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I do a lot of meetings with a fair amount of companies and while it's not a regular occurance, some people think hostility towards others is acceptable. The best thing we can do regardless of where we stand is call those people out immediately and let them know that their behavior is unacceptable. You either get an apology or you quickly learn that working at X for Y isn't worth it.

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Hostility, yelling, threats, etc just aren't worth it and I have zero patience for it in a job. I had an exec once who would threaten to cut people's fingers off if they didn't accomplish incredibly unreasonable things, or throw them out windows, or whatever.. It wasn't a serious threat, but it also isn't a fun thing to listen to all the time.

I realized after a while of that sort of abuse that no job is worth that and I have much less tolerance for it. Thankfully it isn't super common, but it is surprising how many people think that is a useful way to work.

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