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My Supervisor at work Used caps to put EMPHASIS on things I shouldn't do as critique. Should I let her know she's basically raising her voice at me?
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First day at my new job and I already wanna quit.
First things first, lemme just say that I made it through the entire shift, got dinner and returned home before making this thread. Good? Good. Second off, am I being an asshole for doing this? I went through a temp agency, got a job on a maintenance staff for a mental health facility that will...
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Immature? With little context and having never met me in person? Yeah, definitely sound.
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Right, but even though I acknowledge a fuck up, it's still a matter of whether she's aware that may come off as rude. So apart from me, it's a matter of office etiquette I'm inquiring about. Cool Desus gif, though.
Actually, as an intern, you should absolutely come off as a doormat to those you answer to, as far as professionalism goes
Definitely not your job to tone police. In her language, she's not yelling at all - if you're reading it as such, it's a you problem and you don't have leverage to change the local culture
Drop it, absolutely nothing good can come from bringing it up
You made mistakes on account of being lazy, got corrected on them, and your takeaway was that she was maybe accidentally being rude if you look at it just right.
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Yes, because while it was once incidence of being laid back, it doesn't condone the possible lack of awareness she may have.
When I was working back at a 9-5 full time, as an employee and not an intern, I would never address others with CAPS because it comes off with a tone. I always placed text in bold or italics.
I would say the fault here is with the manager. If they wanted clear instruction, they have failed - it has ony created confusion and uncertainty in the OP.
She probably meant nothing by it, but equally as a person in a position of power, she should have been mindful of how she comes across, especially to a new/junior member of staff.
She probably meant nothing by it, but equally as a person in a position of power, she should have been mindful of how she comes across, especially to a new/junior member of staff.
Again, I've said that while I think it's rude and unprofessional, it's not to any extent that it's worth making a fuss out of and when it's happened to me in the past, I've at most found it annoying. You decided to skip over me saying that to push that I was really upset and strongly opinionated. You don't get why I'm annoyed at how you're choosing to frame my argument?
Have you spoken to her in person? Does she come across as someone who yells a lot? I feel like you are interpreting a tone that isn't there. She is emphasizing using caps instead of bolding, underlining, or italicizing her font.
But more than any of that, even if my manager were "raising their voice" in an email by capitalizing, so long as the feedback is constructive and not just trying to denigrate my work or character, I cannot imagine being offended by it. I agree with everyone else telling you to let it go. I've run into much worse from people dozens of times during my career and I don't know how I'd have dealt with those situations had I let something like this bother me.
this is a joke thread, right?
if on the off chance this is actually real... let it go.
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good luck in your future endeavours
Yeah, don't be that intern. Correcting something like this is just going to come off as annoying.
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