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Those points are polite. If people get resentful when you ask for data, the solution is to have a discussion about their poor attitude. Most large companies I
by adekok 9y ago
Those points are polite.
If people get resentful when you ask for data, the solution is to have a discussion about their poor attitude.
Most large companies I've been at are terrible at this. They want "professionalism", which tends to mean "superficially polite, even if the questions are utterly retarded". They don't like "unprofessional" behavior, which tends to mean "you got frustrated that someone else wasn't doing his job".
The effect is that management pushed people to be incompetent, in the guise of "getting along". The competent technical people tend to leave such organizations.
- emmelaich 9y ago> Those points are polite. I know what you mean and I agree but unfortunately most people don't.
- dasil003 9y agoMm, I've never had a problem asking those 3 questions of any non-technical person that comes to me for help. Whether it's perceived as polite or not is entirely contained in the tone. You can say that exact terse statements very politely or very rudely or anywhere in between. I'm somewhat privileged to have had a 20 year career in mostly competent workplaces, and I understand that in some places where engineers are held in low regard that you might get a lot of "stop asking questions and fix the damn problem already", but it never hurts to cultivate a pleasant disposition in the workplace.