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One of my first development supervisor tasks was to talk to a developer about their body odor (there were complains from other staff). A few days later, after
by GartzenDeHaes 6y ago
One of my first development supervisor tasks was to talk to a developer about their body odor (there were complains from other staff). A few days later, after some super fun HR consultations, I had to send him home to shower -- and then repeat the same thing every few months.
- fatnoah 6y agoIf it makes you feel any better, I've had the "please don't trim your toenails on your desk" discussion.
- sokoloff 6y agoI've had the "please turn off your zoom camera if you're going to floss your teeth on a call" discussion. (Was using his own zoom video preview like it was a mirror so everyone got a good close-up.)
- jedberg 6y agoOMG I'm sorry but that made me laugh so hard. Who does that?!
- mgkimsal 6y agoPre-video call days, but... years ago, I had a phone interview with engineering manager. Had made it past initial screen, was ... interested in working there. Talking to the guy for a bit - I'm working on making all my points as best I can, trying to impress, then I hear "Noah, go talk to mommy - daddy's on the toilet!" I couldn't focus after that, and not sure he'd ever paid attention enough such that I had a shot anyway.
- coralranunculus 6y agoSimilarly: One of my first issues to deal with was when one team member yelled at another team member's dog...spent a day trying to figure out what to do and in that day the yeller quit for unrelated reasons. Dodged that bullet I guess