I'd leave the last paragraph off and just include the people you would escalate to as CCs.
Who is right?
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I ran a few emails to a kid I was having issues with thru copilot because I knew I was angry and didn't want to create potential issues when I eventually fired him.
If you want to a blunt conversation like that don't do it in email. When my guy was sending unprofessional emails to the IT director I called him. No paper trail of me chewing his ***.
If you want to a blunt conversation like that don't do it in email. When my guy was sending unprofessional emails to the IT director I called him. No paper trail of me chewing his ***.
Northern is the Lawrence Welk Show of trolling. Somehow it is still being aired although no one has paid attention to it in a decade plus.
Emails have the benefit of documentation of the conversation as well as the ability to CC the direct supervisor to ensure accountability. You can only ask for accountability so many times before it's necessary to escalate to a more uncomfortable medium.
Yes agreed. I'm leaning more on the "angry" portion.
Outline that deliverables or actions are not acceptable, get that in an email. But I guess I interpreted OP post being that he comes across a bit assholish in his emails, that's not ok and can use professional development. (To be clear, not calling OP an ahole)
If you were, she could probably take it. From what I know, Birch is formidable in the right ways.
Oh, I know I'm an *******. I'm not offended at all.
Thank you for this constructive criticism I can use. I like your versions and critiques and think they would cause me less issues down the road. Thank you!
Some of the best advice I ever received when entering the professional workspace was "never email angry".
I would expand on that and say "never email from a place other than 'Here is the information' as people have trouble reading intent and emotions in print."
Honestly, a quick dump into Chat GPT/CoPilot/Claude with the prompt "I feel like this might be a little passive aggressive - can you tone it down a bit without losing the edge I need to get the point across" probably isn't a terrible idea.
Here's what happened when I put your email into ChatGPT with my prompt:
Co-worker,
I need to be direct about this because it has become an ongoing issue. When people email you requesting information on your cases, those emails need to be answered promptly. Failing to respond creates problems for the rest of the team and reflects poorly from a professional standpoint.
We’ve discussed communication concerns before, and at this point I need to see immediate and consistent improvement. If this continues, I will have to escalate the issue through the chain of command so it can be addressed appropriately.
I’d strongly prefer not to take that step, so please make responding to case-related emails a priority going forward.
Thank you for recognizing that fact. It was nothing personal, just trying to help...hope it goes well for ya in the future. No one likes working with or for a slacker.
I'm still on the uphill part of that learning curve.
I like this. I'm usually told that I'm right but could have been nicer.
I appreciate it. I know I need to do better but I get caught up on that I'm right and that if other people would just do their job correctly, I wouldn't have to send an email. I'm surrounded by slackers and it makes me nuts. What we do is too important to half *** it. Either do the work or go work somewhere else.Thank you for recognizing that fact. It was nothing personal, just trying to help...hope it goes well for ya in the future. No one likes working with or for a slacker.
