The actual exchange of the head of the head between the Indian manager and its employee took the Internet storm and triggered a fire debate on hierarchy and communication in Indian workplaces.
Bizarre conversations, originally shared RedditHe shows a manager who swears his employee that he did not deal with his vacation in the report as “sir”.
The incident resonated with many and emphasized what some call an outdated emphasis on strict formalities, even in occasional communication.
What happened?
It all started when an employee sent a direct report informing about his manager that he hadn’t felt well and would afford. The text read: “Good morning. I wanted to let you know that I feel a little good today because of my stomach upset – probably out of something I ate yesterday.
I asked for a holiday in the application. ”
The initial response of the manager was sudden and unclear: “You only need today’s update… yesterday is gone.” Of course, the employee left that confused, which led to a number of stock exchanges, where the manager’s directives remained confused.
However, the conversation turned sharply when the employee answered a simple “AA okay”. It seemed that this seemingly harmless answer really dirty the manager.
“Answer in a good way,” the manager shot. When the employee, still confused, asked what was grossly on his message, the real complaint of the manager proved: “You can say OK, Lord,” he explained, explicitly said that his request would be resolved as “sir”.
He continued his nitpick that chose words, insisted, “And you have to inform me … don’t know me. Try to use good words when you communicate with the manager’s head.” This was despite the fact that the manager’s own reports were flying through grammatical errors.
He continued back and forth, while the employee kept his reports polite, and the manager disagreed stubbornly, even giving an example of what he considered a “polite” way to communicate: “I want to inform you, Lord …”
Expectation?
Screenshots, published on the popular community of the “Indian workplace” Reddit, quickly led the users to conclude that the main problem of the manager was the lack of honest “sir”.
The user wrote: “When I joined the workforce 10 years ago, my manager was offended when I called him, Lord and explained that at work you should reach all of them on work. Since when it changed?”
Another user wrote: “Most companies are still the same. These idiots want to feel powerful. They lack differently and want to be respected and want their butt to lick because they want to feel too much. Typical Indian mentality:” Respect your older. Sir, I will kiss your ass tomorrow. ”
“It is not, no one calls anyone, Mr. in my whole organization, although its vp. Some organizations really need to manage the right culture,” he shared the third.
(Tagstotranslate) Indian manager
