Saturday
March 08, 2008 5 Reasons to Hate Steve Jobs at Office

Steve Jobs, who influenced a generation, is often listed as one of the worst bosses in the business. He is a role model of young entrepreneurs for surviving in a wild world of traditional thinking business men. But at office, I can’t seem to like Steve Jobs equally.

Yes, he is aggressive, single-minded and offending. He doesn’t want any other voices in the room than his. That’s the only reason employee ideas always fail at Apple. And I have at least 5 reasons to talk about this:

• Steve Jobs’ ego should be fed. That means some adulatory… This kind of lifestyle is usually disturbing in IT business.
• If I did come with the idea of iPhone, Apple would never release a mobile phone! There’s no respect for your ideas and projects, although top companies in tech are dying to find an idea to invest. In contrast, Apple fires/blames you for spending time on thinking differently.
• Steve Jobs sometimes can’t decide who’s right and who’s wrong. If you watched the movie called Pirates of Silicon Valley, you’ll get it right. He’s so lost in thinking. He’s too philosophic for a business man. The movie also mentions he even denied his own daughter for no reason.
• Steve thinks he found the God, the nirvana or whatever… Cult of the Apple and fanboys/fangirls booms this effect.
• Reality distortion field… We always hated it. The charm and charisma of Steve Jobs is irresistible. He can easily sell you the free air you breathe. He can always find a reason to prove he’s right.

I’m neither telling Steve is a jackass nor he is perfect, but Apple today stands strong because he is managing it. His domain is totally different from many others.