Who Should Confront Discourteous Behavior in the Workplace?
This was very timely for me, since I was wondering what to do about something that happened this morning. I know now what I’m going to do, thanks to your information. Bonus question number six was the deciding factor, but all of it was good. Thanks! Comment by Kristen Marker | April 9, 2009 12:22 pm –> Well said. By the way, the snow is melting in Wyoming, so we’ll expect to see you soon. Comment by Wiseacre | April 9, 2009 7:22 pm –> In our business managers know that complaints by employees will be investigated and that conflict will be mediated at the managerial level first, then using other resources. My friend did the thing you mention, he told the employees that his policy was to let them work things out on their own. But, the one coworker was so intimidated by the coworker that she just tolerated worse and worse behavior. She came to us (HR) to quit and that’s when we found out how many times she had asked for help with a problem coworker. Then, we found out four others had go
