An AP story just came out on nasty bosses.  It was inspired by the "The Devil Wears Prada," the new Meryl Streep film (which my teenage daughter just loved). The story talks quite a bit about The No Asshole Rule, especially the chapter on "The Virtues of Assholes."  But they shy away from using the A-word itself, as you would expect. The story ends with a comment from my co-author Jeff Pfeffer, who claims that nasty bosses don’t do much damage.  I agree that asshole bosses do sometimes inspire hard work and prefectionism, but as much as I admire Jeff, the total cost of assholes (TCA) can be shockingly high in many cases — as I show in the book. In any event, check out Prada Movie Highlights Nasty Boss Phenom, it is good fun.