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NutmegCT

NutmegCT

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You get an email from your boss, pushing his views on a controversial issue not related to the job.

Do you -

Ignore the email

Reply with "let's keep our communication on work related topics"

Reply with "I'm not interested. Don't send more of this kind of stuff"

Reply with "That's not my way of thinking"

Reply with "That's garbage"

or ... ?

I've seen too many professional (i.e. job related) relationships poisoned with emails from people saying "You should read this" followed by more and more "suggestions". If you ignore the email, you get another saying "why didn't you comment on my email?".

yeesh
 
Though hard to do, I try to do as a former boss would say: "Don't dignify the bas....s with a response!"
 
By doing what Mickey suggests, you are responding. He will get the message.
 
Used to have a boss who'd do that sort of thing and find a way to punish those who didn't respond or he heard had different thoughts on whatever the subject was. Was his way of showing power. And his boss would say, "You need to work it out with him".
 
Thanks Mike. That's always a fear with boss/worker relationships. Now that it's so easy to send emails with photos and links, the problem multiplies.
 
I'd ignore the first time you get such an email, note the second time, and reply to the third with "not work related".

Interesting how folks don't know that there are many ways to skin the cat... some lean this way, others that way. And that's A-OK; this freedom is one thing we remember when remembering the fallen every year Memorial Day. I'm allowed to drive my Chevy, you your Ford. Now Walter and his IH's... I'm not so sure :smile: :smile: :smile:
 
I'll not weigh in. I usually have to change jobs every couple to three years because of how well I get on with my bosses.
 
NutmegCT said:
You get an email from your boss, pushing his views on a controversial issue not related to the job.

Do you -

Ignore the email

Reply with "let's keep our communication on work related topics"

Reply with "I'm not interested. Don't send more of this kind of stuff"

Reply with "That's not my way of thinking"

Reply with "That's garbage"

or ... ?

I've seen too many professional (i.e. job related) relationships poisoned with emails from people saying "You should read this" followed by more and more "suggestions". If you ignore the email, you get another saying "why didn't you comment on my email?".

yeesh
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Not knowing what kind of relationship you otherwise have with this person, I think if I received an email regarding a "controversial" topic, and if I didn't agree with the view presented, I'd either just ignore it, or if such communications continued in the future, I might say something like, "Bob, I appreciate your point of view but, with respect, I have a different view on this."

It's unfortunate that we have become so polarized these days, and that's all I have to say about that.
 
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