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It has made me think through multiple conflicts I have had at work and how "real talk" basically shuts down management.
Like when I was drowning in work, asking for help, and my boss asked me point blank if I wanted to quit and why didn't I ask for help.
I showed her the emails and call logs where I did.
She shut down and walked away.
Or the time a project was going off the rails and I asked my team lead for help.
I explained everything I did so far and was looking for direction on what else to do.
And he said, "I don't want this time to be just you complaining."
So I stopped telling him anything negative.
It has made me think through multiple conflicts I have had at work and how "real talk" basically shuts down management.
Did y'all know that a lot of white people don't have the cultural concept of "real talk"? You know where you stop saying the diplomatic thing and tell people what's really going on. They just don't have it. You try to have a moment of "real talk" and they freak the fuck out.
— Marco Rogers (@polotek) January 26, 2021
Like when I was drowning in work, asking for help, and my boss asked me point blank if I wanted to quit and why didn't I ask for help.
I showed her the emails and call logs where I did.
She shut down and walked away.
Or the time a project was going off the rails and I asked my team lead for help.
I explained everything I did so far and was looking for direction on what else to do.
And he said, "I don't want this time to be just you complaining."
So I stopped telling him anything negative.