What is PTBO? According to the study, it's "a state-like tendency to be sensitive to customarily innocuous societal events and traditions," such as "playing of the United States' National Anthem," and is the "tendency to view an array of events and/or traditions as offensive."I cannot imagine anyone familiar with task environments finds these results in any way surprising. Firms may avoid hiring liberal arts snowflakes even more than they have in the past.
The study found that easily triggered people are less productive, are prone to view their organizations as "less fair," and "consume a lot of time complaining about trivial matters." They also make terrible team players.
PTBO negatively correlated with task performance and positively correlated with counterproductive work behaviors, suggesting not only that these individuals engage in fewer citizenship behaviors but also engage in behaviors managers and organizations want their employees to avoid.
However, Murphy's Law tells us doing so becomes a selling point for Antifa and Democratic Socialist recruiters when snowflakes cannot find career positions commensurate with their education levels.
