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> People are generally more forgiving when you perceive your employees' disability in a positive light instead of viewing their disabilities as something to exploit.

Is that what this is?

I guess it's no more exploitative than employing anyone else.



> I guess it's no more exploitative than employing anyone else.

I think it’s way more exploitative because you’re not leveraging a person’s (by average definition) “strengths” to your/the company’s benefits, you’re using their weaknesses (and weaknesses are relative, but I’d say the list of traits above most people will probably think might complicate or hinder the persons long term success or happiness - in fact it could easily lead to one sided exploitation).


That list contained both weaknesses (no social skills) and strengths (doesn't engage in politics).


Doesn’t engage in politics (in that list) means that they will become a pawn for other people’s politics.

Show me an office without politics and I’ll show you one with unlimited vacation time


Not necessarily. Like anything it could be good or bad in certain situations. I interpret it as meaning the person will be driven to do what's right according to logic and merit as opposed to politics. It's another way of saying they are a disagreeable employee which are known to be very valuable to companies.


I also take it to mean that they will focus on what they enjoy and not scrabble to climb the corporate ladder.


> I also take it to mean that they will focus on what they enjoy and not scrabble to climb the corporate ladder.

Climbing the corporate ladder is something many employees seem to enjoy.


Yes, in order to climb the corporate ladder an employee must seem to enjoy it


"Office politics" is a euphemism for anti-social behavior as I see it.

And, an office "without politics" with more than two persons maybe doesn't exist, but there is certainly more "office politics" in Paradise Hotel than in my office, so it's not like anyone that stays out becomes a pawn in some scheme.


Weakness: No social skills

Strength: Gets trampled cause no social skills

Sounds pretty horrible.


Dell is exploiting autism here, but in a way that hopefully benefits both parties.




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