• GreenM@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Respect is earned not given.
    Also seems like people mix race or whatever with professional achievements.

    First you prove you can built company or contribute then i will respect you on professional level . Saying that i must respect someone for achievements they don’t have, when they just came to company to learn and take time of others on the same level as respecting someone who most likely built the company makes no sense.

    Again we are not talking about being rude to newcomers. I’ll still hold their door, greet them, have coffee break with them but you can’t seriosly except me to act as if their achievement are what they are not.

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      10 months ago

      First you prove you can built company or contribute then i will respect you on professional level .

      This isn’t at odds with the person you responded to is saying unless I’ve grossly misunderstood them (or you). They are saying that everyone is worthy of the same base of respect until they demonstrate that they are worthy of more. So they’ll show respect to the manager and the intern until the intern demonstrates, through hard work and competence, that they are worthy of more and the nepotism hired and protected incompetent manager will forever stay at a workplace minimum (or vice versa).

      So it isn’t ‘we’re all equal as human beings and should be treated as such’, which is a sentiment I think prompted your mention of race, but ‘I’ll show you basic respect until you demonstrate just what level of respect you actually deserve.’ Which unless I’m misunderstanding you is more of less what you are saying; that you’ll show people basic respect, be being polite, until they demonstrate professional achievement worthy of greater respect.