Gary Vaynerchuk wants you to fire the office menace. "Joy doesn't come from four-hour workweeks. Joy doesn't come from free doughnuts. Joy comes from firing dickheads,” the multimillionaire and serial entrepreneur said in a video he shared on TikTok this week about avoiding toxic workplaces. The problem is that the same jerks bosses long to get rid of are typically top performers, he claims.
Vaynerchuk, who cofounded Resy and VaynerMedia, said he believes “it’s very possible to have a work environment where people are going very hard but are very happy.” Sometimes creating a good environment at work requires being a bit cutthroat to the supposed meanies, he added: “The way you’ll get to that joy is if everyone’s nice to each other and if you have the ability and conviction to fire the three people in here that are assholes."
