Poor recruiting, and worse management. The most interesting thing here is that management blame the primadonna employee and not themselves.
This sort of thing is often seen in companies where the top management are not that technical. They employ "geniuses" who are in fact just idiots, but are so intimidated and awed by the ego that they are afraid to call them on their bad behaviour. Even better, not employ such people in the first place.
I think such people should be given a direct talking to about their behaviour, given the chance to fix it, and if not, moved on.
I've dealt with many companies who are tip toeing around whilst trying to work out how to employ someone to replace this toxic team member.
This sort of thing is often seen in companies where the top management are not that technical. They employ "geniuses" who are in fact just idiots, but are so intimidated and awed by the ego that they are afraid to call them on their bad behaviour. Even better, not employ such people in the first place.
I think such people should be given a direct talking to about their behaviour, given the chance to fix it, and if not, moved on.
I've dealt with many companies who are tip toeing around whilst trying to work out how to employ someone to replace this toxic team member.