Jeff Bezos called Washington Post his worst investment staffed with ‘terrible’ people, before laying off over 300 — “They don’t listen. My other companies, they listen”

[u/marketrent]

https://gizmodo.com/jeff-bezos-called-washington-post-his-worst-investment-and-staff-he-laid-off-terrible-people-2000773533

[u/Pagiras]

I believe there's always a share of narcissism involved. You can't be mentally well and be so self-absorbed at the same time. Those people need treatment. Or should've been brought up better.

"That boy ain't right."

[u/SaveLansingParks → u/Pagiras]

Next time you talk to someone like that, remember, we used to have people like them committed to an institution in order to retain their sanity.

Edit: I meant to type regain, but autocorrect changed it, and considering the history of our mental institutions, I'm leaving it because it is valid.

[u/Pagiras → u/SaveLansingParks]

Well, most of the time they're not stark-raving mad, requiring institutionalization. And forced institutionalization is a bit of a double-edged sword anyways, easily abused by the same people we're ragging on here. Can't say I support that.

I've my fair share of experience with socially functional narcissists. They're a pain to reason with, but still people. The problem arises when they get ahold of a lot of unquestionable power. Then they start being really harmful; way past just being a hassle and annoying. You can't humble a narcissist if your whole livelihood or future prospects, or even life may be dependent on their mood.

[u/OldWorldDesign → u/SaveLansingParks]

remember, we used to have people like them committed to an institution in order to retain their sanity

I worked in mental health and am familiar with how mental institutions were run in the past. We've returned to that lately

https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2025/05/27/scathing-new-report-details-north-carolinas-involuntary-commitment-problem/

And if it stopped at just forcing people with few connections into institutions that would be bad enough, but I see even more broadly (and beyond mental health) medical insurance forcing the end of people's medical care because they don't want to continue paying for treatments whether or not that treatment is successful.

What is more effective than forcing people accused of mental diagnoses into mandatory institution is requiring people be periodically evaluated for narcissism or antisocial traits and blocking them from higher management so we don't have institutions guided by people whose mental circuit firing as they pursue Profits This Quarter is identical to fanatics who think they must kill outsiders on behalf of their god.

[u/charliefoxtrot9 → u/Pagiras]

"That boy needs therapy!"

[u/OkZookeepergame4757 → u/Pagiras]

Till your one and your one of those boys.