Paranoia in the Workplace - Jason Halbert the former VP of People, Talent Acquisition and Global Security of Snapchat.

Have you ever dealt with paranoia in the workplace? Or the "blame game" on overdrive?

All of us have an inner warning system that alerts us to danger. But with the paranoid personality, it’s as if this system is stuck in overdrive, sounding alarms about you, me, neighbors, co-workers, ethnic groups, foreigners, the government and on and on. Their skewed perspective dominates their life, and the lives of the people that work with or for them. Key traits include: being easily insulted, holding grudges, questioning motives, challenging the rules, fears, dislikes or hates those who are different.

We take a look at Snapchat or the parent company, Snap's VP of People, Talent Acquisition and Global Security Jason Halbert. Learn about how working with paranoia in the workplace can affect you, and what you can do.

Note: This episode includes some explicit language.

Research
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/employee-complaints-about-snap-personnel-chief-led-to-outside-inquiry
https://nypost.com/2018/01/19/snapchat-threatens-leakers-with-jail/
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/snapchat-goes-full-scaramucci-threatens-leakers-with-jail-time
https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-is-the-data-snapchat-doesnt-want-you-to-seehttps://www.neowin.net/news/snap-incs-human-resources-chief-jason-halbert-departs-the-company/
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/16/silicon-valley-internal-work-spying-surveillance-leakers
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/05/how-zuckerbergs-billionaires-club-can-atone-for-facebook
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-facebook-mark-zuckerberg-2-years-of-hell/


Music

Chris Zabriskie
John Stockton Slow Drag 
What Does Anybody Know About Anything 
That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver Broncos
I Don't See Branches, I See the Leaves
The 49th Street Galleria 

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