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It doesn't sound abusive to me at all. "Criticize privately, praise publicly" is a well known management trope.
by briatx 8y ago
It doesn't sound abusive to me at all. "Criticize privately, praise publicly" is a well known management trope.
- DoreenMichele 8y ago"Be brutal in private" is not part of that trope though.
- andrewflnr 8y agoIt is, it's just a different phrasing. I think you're reading more into "brutal" than blazespin intended. You might be more correct in your interpretation, but I'm pretty sure they just meant "blunt", not "vicious".
- DoreenMichele 8y agoI'm pretty sure they just meant "blunt", not "vicious". Let's hope you are correct.
- homonculus1 8y agoThen here's some bluntness: People who don't mean "brutal" shouldn't use the word "brutal".
- Dylan16807 8y ago"direct and lacking any attempt to disguise unpleasantness" Seems fine.
- FeepingCreature 8y agoYou're mixing up your interpretation of "brutal" with theirs. Phrasing "mean brutal" implies there's an objective meaning. There isn't.
- eeZah7Ux 8y ago> "Criticize privately, praise publicly" is a well known management trope That does not make it right.