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[โ€“] [email protected] -2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, it can be hard, but honestly, if I worked at a place where I wasn't comfortable calling out hypocrisy, I'd look for another job. I tell the people who work for me to call out my own BS, and if I don't fix it, to report me to my boss.

In fact, that's related to how I left my last job after working there for 10-ish years. My boss (CEO) fired me because I pissed off his wife (President) by not working crazy hours. I had been there >10 hours, and was notified of a problem and helped fix it from home. They were both there only 3-4 hours/day and did a lot of WFH, but we weren't allowed to do that. They ended up keeping me as an outside contractor for a couple years because my contributions were so highly valued, but they didn't want me showing up in-person anymore (I apparently really pissed off his wife when I stood up for myself).

Work culture means a lot to me. If email is a core part of the company work culture, I'll push back on noisy emails and get a good system in place. If it's not, I'm upfront about largely ignoring the company email and ask people to contact me in other ways.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Man you are way overblowing all of this so much. Email is not a big part of my work culture. I'm just complaining about how annoying people are who don't communicate worth a shit. Every company has those people. Doesn't need to happen often to be annoying, even