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It really saddens to me see how many managers out there treat their subordinates terribly, and then act surprised when their subordinates do the same - as though employees are meant to greatful for their terrible treatment

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ech@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Does ring true dunnit?
  
  Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority”
  
  and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person”
  
  and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay.
  
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ZeroTemp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I recently was recently reprimanded for using the term “subordinates”. I was informed that term has fallen out of favor. Direct Reports is the proper way to say it these days.

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- explodicle@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Sounds good to me, I’ve never gotten in trouble for indirectreportination.
  
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- Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  What about indirect reports?
  
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  - toddestan@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    That’s who you are to all the people who aren’t your boss but think they can tell you what to do anyway.
    
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    Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Or just your direct reports’ direct reports.
    
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- Excrubulent@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Honestly calling someone a “direct report” sounds even more dehumanising. At least calling someone a “subordinate” acknowledges that you’re belittling their existence. A “direct report” sounds like a piece of paper.
  
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- Th4tGuyII@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Fair enough. Subordinate is the term I've always heard used. Direct reports just sounds like the sugar coated version to me.
  
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  - ZeroTemp@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Oh yeah it’s totally the sugar coated version. It’s funny because I was only using the term “subordinates” because that is what the software platform I was training on calls “direct reports”.
    
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