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

July 11, 2019 • Stefania Sigurdson Forbes • Season 1 • Episode 4

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-see https://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/

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