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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by shepardrtc on Monday April 19, 2021 @11:19PM (#26870334)
> he could just be exasperated after previous communication with the employee

Then they are a very poor manager. That kind of tone and language should never be used. If it has gotten to that point, then the issue should be escalated to HR. But it doesn't sound at all like they're exasperated. It sounds like they're a bully.

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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by Exmoor on Monday April 19, 2021 @11:31PM (#26870398)
Sounds like the type of email a manager who's stuck as the messenger for legal and/or HR and knows that this type of message has to be by-the-book in case it ever ends up as part of a legal proceeding. Unfortunately you can be the best manager in the world, but in that situation you still end up writing roughly the same email as someone who's barely competent.
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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by mike_d on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @02:34AM (#26871394)
> That kind of tone and language should never be used

The manager may have sent the email, but legal and/or employee relations wrote that.

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Re:IBM employee forced to stop kernel work under personal em... by shepardrtc on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @03:38PM (#26880305)
Legal most certainly did not write that. No serious professional wrote that.
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