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Re: Interviewing Strategies

Subject: Re: Interviewing Strategies
From: Dick Margulis <margulisd -at- comcast -dot- net>
To: "Robotti, Anne \(Carlin\)" <ARobotti -at- CarlinGroup -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:50:09 -0500

Robotti, Anne (Carlin) wrote:


I don't get why this isn't a no-brainer. I don't allow my *own* husband
to use crude language to me, I have no desire to sit in a cubicle and
listen to someone *else's* husband use crude language.
No crude language on the premises seems like one of those things that's
so obvious you wouldn't even put it on the list.


Let's swap. I'll accept a ban on crude language if you'll accept a ban on passive-aggressive language.

I just read a thread (I don't recall what list it was on) about a workplace culture that was completely dysfunctional because any suggestion of a new or different way to do something, any disagreement with anyone--above, below, or sideways in the hierarchy--was sanctioned as rude behavior and could lead to losing one's job.

Surely, there's a middle ground, one where people behave like adults toward each other and tolerate a reasonable variation in behavioral and communication styles. And if we can't manage that, then the only honest thing to do is post a list of taboos on the front door* so that at least anyone entering the place is on notice.

Lest anyone misunderstand my take on this, I agree that it's rude to air your dirty linen in public. Cell phones are a great convenience, but step outside and keep your voice down if you really have to take the call. I agree the guy used lousy judgment arguing in the reception area. I also agree that Anne has the right to set her own limits on the language she finds acceptable when it's directed toward her. I'm just saying that being sanctimonious and judgmental is easily as destructive as being crude and argumentative.

Now can we please return to _technical_ communication?

Dick

* See http://ampersandvirgule.blogspot.com/2006/11/im-not-hiring-but-if-i-were.html

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