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I somewhat disagree. Tone is very difficult to convey in written communication. A perfectly neutral email may come across as rude, or vice versa. Erring on the
by Hackbraten 6y ago
I somewhat disagree. Tone is very difficult to convey in written communication. A perfectly neutral email may come across as rude, or vice versa.
Erring on the side of politeness helps avoid such misunderstandings. Spending hours to refine messages is certainly overdoing it. But if you write all your messages with zero safety padding, you’re only hurting your own career needlessly.
- nyx_ 6y agoI'm inclined to think that someone who needs hours of time just to write an email in which they don't sound like a big jerk is likely to be a fountain of workplace interpersonal problems. If spending a few seconds to be a little more tactful is difficult for someone, the problem is with them, not the "millennials" that need to be "coddled".