Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
by turdnagel on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @10:51AM
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Did you read the article? People make mistakes. They might try to break the tension by cracking a joke without realizing the effect it will have.
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Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
by blaser-waffle on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @10:58AM
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Don't make jokes unless you're 100% damn sure people will react the right way. To quote J Scalzi: "The failure mode of clever is 'asshole'".
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-...
Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
by subhro on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @10:55AM
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Yes I did. The point I was trying to make was, this really shouldn’t come to anyone naturally. It is like writing a blog post about not bullying anyone. People still do it, but I think those people are psychologically unstable, should be isolated and needs help.
Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
by city41 on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:38AM
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In the context of one team member gets promoted to manage the rest of the team, I can see how this type of "joke" could happen. If the team was really close and everyone was friends, it's easy to keep the friend mindset and make what you think is just a dumb joke without really thinking it through.