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[quote=Anonymous]I was once told by a supervisor that "someone who reports to you" (I knew exactly who it was) said that my tone in emails was disrespectful. I read my emails several times, trying to find the disrespectful language, and for the life of me, I couldn't figure it out. I asked a couple of friends to read it, and they couldn't figure it out either. Professional, to the point, but not disrespectful. I tried an experiment: the next few times I emailed her, I used the same language, but put exclamation points in a couple of sentences. My supervisor told me that she was happy I "changed my tone." Ugh. Women shouldn't have to feel like they're stepping on eggshells in the workplace. This woman was older than me--almost my mom's age--and had an idea about how "younger people" should address older people. I was careful about it from then on, but honestly felt a bit insulted. [/quote]
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