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fandomhigh2016-08-11 01:44 pm
heroic_jawline) wrote in fandomhigh2016-08-11 01:44 pm
Your Coworkers are Still Jerks, August 11, 2016
"So one of the first things I've learned about this new century is how very many emails are sent in the course of a day," Steve said.
And how so few people should be allowed to use the reply-all function, but he was keeping that part to himself. "You can get buried in the noise of daily, weekly and bi-monthly staff meetings and absolutely forget to do an actually important task."
Reply-all existed to make people suffer. This was known. "Which is understandable between work and homelife," Tony said. Despite needing both an AI butler and personal assistant to help keep his life in order. "Of course, that might not stop a coworker from adding to the stress. Patience and understanding are two key factors in success."
"And not nagging about it," Steve said. "I had a team member at SHIELD send an email, then another email fifteen minutes later, then an IM and then she called me to follow up. That's basically a guarantee to being shifted to the middle of my priority list."
Because he was too nice to put you at the end.
Tony was trying very hard not to laugh at that. So, if everyone would just assume he was coughing, that'd be great. "Unless it is a matter of life or death, you don't need to follow up that quickly. Take a breath. Walk away from your desk. Maybe avoid the coffee for a little bit."
"Maybe my travel reimbursement is not that pressing," Steve muttered.
"Bureaucracy at its finest," Tony said brightly. "Pair up and discuss how to follow up on things without going a bit overboard about it."
And how so few people should be allowed to use the reply-all function, but he was keeping that part to himself. "You can get buried in the noise of daily, weekly and bi-monthly staff meetings and absolutely forget to do an actually important task."
Reply-all existed to make people suffer. This was known. "Which is understandable between work and homelife," Tony said. Despite needing both an AI butler and personal assistant to help keep his life in order. "Of course, that might not stop a coworker from adding to the stress. Patience and understanding are two key factors in success."
"And not nagging about it," Steve said. "I had a team member at SHIELD send an email, then another email fifteen minutes later, then an IM and then she called me to follow up. That's basically a guarantee to being shifted to the middle of my priority list."
Because he was too nice to put you at the end.
Tony was trying very hard not to laugh at that. So, if everyone would just assume he was coughing, that'd be great. "Unless it is a matter of life or death, you don't need to follow up that quickly. Take a breath. Walk away from your desk. Maybe avoid the coffee for a little bit."
"Maybe my travel reimbursement is not that pressing," Steve muttered.
"Bureaucracy at its finest," Tony said brightly. "Pair up and discuss how to follow up on things without going a bit overboard about it."
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