[BinaryIgor]

5) Yes - but even if not popular, competent people are always respected 6) I would say that there's correlation, but it's not 1.0, more something like 0.5 - 0.7; other factors matter as well.

Sometimes these do not hold true, but then you have a truly toxic organization - one that you should run from, as fast as possible

[geocrasher]

High school was toxic, and so were my first few jobs. Lessons learned the hard way.