>He kept it very, very short- the rationale being that if someone is expecting it, then they know the reasons why. If they aren't expecting it, then the shock means they're unlikely to listen to anything else you tell them anyway.
Respectfully, I think this is completely wrong.
People are feedback devices. They react to anything and everything. In different ways, some more than others, but they are not a machine.
What I mean, is that from the day you start working with someone, until the day after which you never see them again, there should be continuous feedback, just from being human.
This is not some contract you have with a faceless corporation!
I would never work at a workplace that can be described in the terms you've just stated, and frankly I think most goood employees wouldn't either.
Respectfully, I think this is completely wrong.
People are feedback devices. They react to anything and everything. In different ways, some more than others, but they are not a machine.
What I mean, is that from the day you start working with someone, until the day after which you never see them again, there should be continuous feedback, just from being human.
This is not some contract you have with a faceless corporation!
I would never work at a workplace that can be described in the terms you've just stated, and frankly I think most goood employees wouldn't either.