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People cry, and have emotions, and feel overwhelmed, it doesn't make you needy or overly emotional or any other negative label = Just human.
I have cried at work before, in the toilet. Mixture of personal issues, tiredness, and some petty work prob = blubbering in the cubicle.
People cry, sure. But about something so trivial?
In anycase, I stand by what I said. I wouldn't employ someone like that, and that is my choice too.0 -
People cry, sure. But about something so trivial?
In anycase, I stand by what I said. I wouldn't employ someone like that, and that is my choice too.
Sometimes, things are not as they seem on the surface - often tears are a result of a build up of problems, and a person becoming overwhelmed - there is always one 'straw that breaks the donkeys back'The opposite of what you know...is also true0 -
Sometimes, things are not as they seem on the surface - often tears are a result of a build up of problems, and a person becoming overwhelmed - there is always one 'straw that breaks the donkeys back'
That's true. But requiring professionalism at work is hardly too much to ask.
If you aren't able to work, you can sign off for 7 day self-cert. If you are able to work, then you need to be professional and capable.0 -
That's true. But requiring professionalism at work is hardly too much to ask.
If you aren't able to work, you can sign off for 7 day self-cert. If you are able to work, then you need to be professional and capable.
People aren't robots.
I don't know anyone who would say that taking 5 minutes time out in a bathroom or back office to regroup, or cry then get it together, is unprofessional and incapable.0 -
Apparently requiring compassion is too much, for some.That's true. But requiring professionalism at work is hardly too much to ask.
Would be a poor excuse for a manager, never mind a poor excuse for a human, that took someone to task over a little cry when things they couldn't control went wrong.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
onomatopoeia99 wrote: »Apparently requiring compassion is too much, for some.
Would be a poor excuse for a manager, never mind a poor excuse for a human, that took someone to task over a little cry when things they couldn't control went wrong.
Not at all. Compassion is totally separate.
The way someone handles a crisis is exactly the kind of performance management that happens in workplaces up and down the country.0 -
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onomatopoeia99 wrote: »Apparently requiring compassion is too much, for some.
Would be a poor excuse for a manager, never mind a poor excuse for a human, that took someone to task over a little cry when things they couldn't control went wrong.
You have compassion when someone cries following a bereavement, not for someone who cries because of an IT problem.0 -
I'm sorry for crying.0
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