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nonightowl · Dec 31, 2014, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ManOfConstantSorrow

Now there is an idea: Introverts Can Hinder Extroverted Co-Workers’ Careers

Well of course one loathes extroverts, but I suppose, sadly, one must be fair.

I never heard this.... Interesting, yet I take everything I read these days with some grain of salt.

I thought it was the other way around. Employers always put in their ads that they want "outgoing, extroverted, friendly, bubbly" people, implying that introverts or those in the middle aren't as capable. And that's ********.

There's bias in FAVOR of extroverts in my experience, in not just the workplace but ANY place. They dominate the conversations, the environment, etc. Take up so much energy in the room, and it's hard to literally get heard around people like that.

I hated it as a kid when people used to say stuff to me like, "Why don't you ever talk?" Then, I didn't have a rebuttal. NOW, being 53 and much more assertive, I'd say, "Do you ever be quiet?"

WE hinder them?? Good, as I thought they've hindered US way too long.