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This is the first time I've heard the term "micro-promotion," and I would very much like to never hear it again.
by ralusek 8y ago
This is the first time I've heard the term "micro-promotion," and I would very much like to never hear it again.
- TheOperator 8y agoGetting micro-promoted is a micro-aggression.
- TimTheTinker 8y agoComment needs more intersectionality :) /s
- dizziest 8y agoIMHO you can drop the '/s' :)
- TimTheTinker 8y agoIt's the new "-1 not enough jQuery".
- NullPrefix 8y agoI would think that it's micro-aggression not to micro-promote, when there's a reason for.
- TheOperator 8y agoMcDonalds micro-promoting their employees with 10 cent raises is absolutely a micro-aggression.
- bduerst 8y agoWhy frame it that way? How would something like "Employee of the Week" be aggressive?
- TimTheTinker 8y agoThat term could be used or taken pejoratively, as if people are being stiffed and only given "micro-promotions" when they're worth more than that. This article has nothing to do with "promotions" from an HR perspective (although arguably being promoted to "Team Lead" ought to have resulted in a pay rise - whether it did or not isn't mentioned in the article). It's about a healthy team and its leaders treating someone fairly, honestly, and respectfully.
- ebiester 8y agoI think it is in terms of promoting in terms of publicity rather than advancement. I'd like a better word, but it seems to be in contrast to micro-aggressions. I like the concept but the homophone makes it confusing. (Giving positive feedback in public regularly and in front of peers and management seems to be a good thing.)
- josteink 8y agoGiven that micro-aggression are arguably mostly created by the mentality of the receiver, and not the acts of the sender, I don’t think the comparison is entirely right. How about just calling it casual encouragement?
- zachr 8y agoWe can pretty easily call micro aggressions casual [race/sex/class/etc]ism. Sound good?
- stupidthrottle 8y agoNo, because those are real things, based on actual classifiable actions and behaviour. Micro-aggressions are just made up offenses in the mind of the receiver.
- zjaffee 8y agoThe person above you was correct and they are real things that are called microaggressions. A micro aggression is defined as "A statement, action, or incident regarded as an instance of indirect, subtle, or unintentional discrimination against members of a marginalized group such as a racial or ethnic minority."
- OJFord 8y ago> micro-aggressions Not GP, but I agree, and would further like to stop hearing this one too...
- Darkphibre 8y agoMy take is that it's many small, public acts of appreciation. That would go a long way for me, at least!
- sonnyblarney 8y agoThe 'micro-promotions' link in the article leads here: [1], to an arguably fairly ideological intersectional view of how people ought to behave in a company, and it mostly has nothing to do with 'nice little high fives' or 'micro praise' or anything like that. It's a though the author is conflation two issues (that are of course related). One, a more generic 'nice nudges' culture, and another oriented specifically towards 'minorities in tech'. [1] https://maleallies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Male-Allies-Bingo-JAN-15-2015.pdf https://maleallies.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Male-Allie...
- teddyh 8y agoI think an older term is “an attaboy”: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=attaboy#2432185 https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=attaboy#2432... https://dilbert.com/search_results?sort=date_asc&terms=attaboy https://dilbert.com/search_results?sort=date_asc&terms=attab...
- hopler 8y ago"Attaboy" is obsolete for obvious reasons.
- JMTQp8lwXL 8y ago"Guy" is frequently used in gender-neutral contexts. "You guys" can include females in the group.
- walshemj 8y agoNot sure why your voted down its common usage now - being older it struck me as odd 20 years ago first hearing a female colleague use it in this way.
- chewbacha 8y agoI think because it's unrelated to the original comment. "Guys" was not in question, "attaboy" was. Using "guys" as an argument would be a strawman regardless if the rationale is correct. WRT "guys"; I know of at least two companies (and I work at one) which try to encourage the use of other pronouns in place to "guys" in order to be more inclusive.
- JMTQp8lwXL 8y agoThe point was, attaboy could be used in the same way that "guys" is. I don't see how that's a straw man fallacy. Also, companies promoting switching pro-nouns is an ineffective way to get people to be more inclusive. It's a band-aid. You be inclusive by actually being inclusive.
- alexandercrohde 8y agoI agree. It just brings up so many messy associations (because "micro-aggressions") that I would stick to a term like "applause" or "appreciation."
- josteink 8y agoOr “encouragement”. But yeah, I agree, avoid the toxic baggage.
- humbleMouse 8y agoHere's your title bump to "Technical Lead" with your 2% raise, have fun taking way more responsibility with pretty much the same pay...
- ww520 8y agoIn another word, say nice appreciative things to people.
- JMTQp8lwXL 8y agoYou may not like the term, but it's valuable to have a word that describes something like a micro-promotion.
- mturmon 8y agoIt's a dorky word, but it corresponds to an actual thing that is appreciated and noticed by technical employees. If used correctly, it has value.