Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
by jobu on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @10:56AM
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Only time I've seen a manager joke like that was with a senior engineer that also joked about quitting fairly often. It was banter and it worked for them. Same manager never joked about it with anyone else though.
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Re:Advice to new managers: don't joke about firing people
by rootusrootus on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:07AM
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Yeah that's about the only time it works. When I was managing a former teammate we used to joke about it, but it was just between us and there was never any reason to worry.
In general, though, never a good joke. And even with friends, be careful.