Reading Response week 2
The article “Boss's Angry Email Sends Shares Plunging,” made a great point about emails as well as human behavior. I believe that Mr. Patterson’s didn’t do the right thing by sending such an email to all his employees because his language used was rough. I agree with the point of view that he wanted to bring about a change in working style of the company but he could have opted different ways to bring about that but again its human nature that when a person is angry he doesn’t think twice before doing something.
The “Ten Habits of Successful Emailers” are quiet helpful. I agree with point number six that sarcasm and Irony can be misinterpreted hence one should be very careful while writing an email. I also agree with the point that one should not haste in replying to Emails which provokes strong emotions. Such replies can hurt other people’s emotions and could lead to more problems.The point I think a lot of people miss out on while writing their emails is point number three which states proof read your email before sending it.
Emails and text messages are similar in objective but differ in certain aspect like content, language used and accessibility. Emails I feel are more formal than text messages. Emails are professional and generally used when there are longer texts and attachments used. Most of the people of the corporate world would rather email than text message their colleagues and associates. Text messages are more often used to express ones emotions and are more personal .Text messages I feel are more ‘In the moment’ as it allows the person to reciprocate their thoughts instantaneously. Text messages are more convenient for prompt replies.
I agree with Mr. Richardson in the article from career journal. All the aspects that are mentioned in the article co-relate with the ideas that all of us shared initially in our blogs. The fact that surprised me the most was, that he didn’t like the usage of important adjectives to highlight our achievement as he said “I get tired of high-action adverbs: "aggressively," "proactively," "progressively." I want meat, not gravy” Hence this is surprising as its common thing everyone uses in their resumes. I will keep in mind when I am using such words in my resume. The other thing that surprised me was the fact that how an objective should be phrased. As Mr. Richardson stated “I admire people who don't overdo qualifying adjectives. Descriptions of "major contributions," "dynamic programs" and "significant improvements" aren't objective reality. They're the writer's opinion and are discounted as such. If we read the explanation now, it seems clear, but I would have never though that my resume could be looked at it from this point of view. One more aspect which I never knew was how numbers can play a huge role to get employers attention. I agree with the thought of the resume reflecting our credibility and it should show how we are best suited for the job.
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successful emailers
I agree with your first paragraph about the boss's angry email. He was probably doing the right thing by letting his employees know he was upset with them but he could have found a better way than an angry email. It would have been better if he just set up a conference call with all the managers and they could relay the message to their people or he could have got everyone one in the same room if possible and just vocally show his disgust. Perhaps he should read the ten successful habits and pay particular attention to number one.
I think number 6 was a very good and helpful habit to look over. I am sarcastic a lot of times when I'm hanging out with friends. However if I tried to act that way in an email, especially if it was to omeone I didn't know that well I would probably just come of as a jerk. You have to remember it is a lot harder to show sarcasm or irony on paper than it is vocally. I think more people should realize this and change their emailing ways accordingly.
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Most people are really impulsive and they say things that they letter regret. I agree with you when you say that the CEO didn't think twice before sending that email, I think that he didn't mean to say what he wrote in that email, he was just impulsive and did not realize the possible consequences. This also could happen to anyone since writing an email is so quick and easy that you could write whatever you want to whoever you want. Since it is a quick thing to do, if you are impulsive, you could mess things up with anyone in a split second. People should be careful when writing emails and always think twice about the content you are writing about if emotions are involved. This would cloud your judgment and you probably wont realize what you are sending until you realized the consequences. This is what happened to that CEO after he wrote that controversial email. Another thing that is kind of "dangerous" is when you write an email and send it to the wrong person. Or, when you write an email for a specific person and accidentally send it to a group of people. This has happened to me before and became a really embarrassing experience. But after that, I am really extra careful when sending my emails. I double check the content and the mails I send them to. This is what everybody should be used to doing.