Student "edition" found at {thoughts dot com slash typed no space out no space loud slash blog}.

Maybe I shouldn't have started this blog now, not with everything that's been going on.

Okay, today it will be like that parable of the unforgiving servant. Somehow, I have to make sure that I do not make the same mistakes that my erstwhile bosses make when I deal with the employees of my own. So I guess only tangentially is this still related to the topic yesterday.

On a side note, it seems that a lot of the parables of Jesus, when I looked them up to get an accurate title of the parable in question, I realized that there are a lot of parables that can be used for business and dealing with employees.

To start, it is bad enough when an employee says one thing when in front of the boss, and another thing behind his back.

What I found out to be worse is when an employee says NOTHING to the face of the boss, and relies on other people and other mediums (text messages, online forums) to say what is better said in person.

Let us take that one step further: this employee even uses a text message to tell the boss that the things that are admittedly not said but should be said are instead told to other people or written online, as if it was something to be proud of, or is something that can be admitted without shame.

And this employee relies on text so much for a lot of his communications that breakdown of this medium is unheard of.

If the boss does not reply to a text, the assumption is automatically that the boss does not consider the topic or the question relevant.

Add to that: the boss is even accused of intentionally training the employee that texts are irrelevant if not replied to.

Eventually the boss gets fed up, especially after one visit to the place of business that is filled with silence, only to be broken by the message alert of the phone of the boss when already on the way home.

The employee is told that this form of communication is rude, cowardly and suspicious and should be stopped.

Sure if we are talking about two people who never see each other at all, being on different sides of the continent or something, it is convenient, but to use it for someone who was just nearby a few minutes ago?

It is definitely a slap in the face. Why could it not be said earlier in person if it was so important such as refusing a promotion?

It is the outlet of a person who has no bravery, especially if the tone of texts is borderline offensive, such as saying the boss does not read the daily sales reports that is why they are being asked to be resent.

It is not truthful because one measure of honesty is that a person can say all these things, hurtful or not, face to face, then at least the courtesy is there to be able to look the other person in the eye.

Besides this, there is also the matter of the employee using tactics of extreme negativity (especially on business projections) and self pity when backed into a corner by the logical text replies of the boss.

Session 3027 has a lot of retraining to be done if this employee is going to become someone that the business and the owner can be proud of, instead of just being sacked. Class dismissed.