I'm not even passing judgement. If some group is sowing discontent in what is otherwise known as a happy, fluid environment, you get rid of them. I pass no judgement on whether that environment is "right" or "wrong", but my sense was that you deal with it quickly before it spreads.
Well, that's interesting. That article's scrupulously gender-neutral in describing two of the three types of employees, but consistently genders "The Complaint Artist" as female.
Ah, but what if enough of these types of people get together to form their own inner group, let's call it a clique, to the point that they can manipulate what goes on within the company? Then this group of people can label any undesirable, for whatever reason, as a person that's difficult to work with. If successful in convincing enough people outside their little group of such things, then they control a great deal of what happens inside that company.
I'm not even passing judgement. If some group is sowing discontent in what is otherwise known as a happy, fluid environment, you get rid of them. I pass no judgement on whether that environment is "right" or "wrong", but my sense was that you deal with it quickly before it spreads.