Recently, New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat moderated a debate on the Interesting Times podcast between Helen Andrews and Leah Libresco Sargeant, two conservative critics of modern feminism. The podcast received major blowback, starting with (but not ending with) the fact that the original headline of the conversation was "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?" Quickly, after the predictable backlash hit, the headline was changed to "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?"
Dear Smacked, My former rep and one of my current reps spent an awful lot of time talking smack about me. I get I'm the boss and I won't always be liked, but as I sat and read the conversation history, I could feel my face burning in humiliation and my stomach twisting in shame. It was like high school. He and she discussed my hair, my body, the sound of my voice, what I wear. I hate to admit it gutted me.
If you receive feedback at work, it's only a matter of time until you receive some critical (negative) feedback. How you handle it can make the difference between an ultimately positive experience and one in which you feel angry, hurt, or demoralized. Here are five questions to ask yourself in the face of critical feedback. 1) Is the feedback credible? That is, does the feedback come from someone in a good position to provide it?
There's little doubt that autistic people are the most unemployed, underpaid, and overeducated disability population. While no research suggests that autistic people are poor workers, there is research that shines a light on how well their bottom-up processing and "noisy brains" make them particularly suited for plenty of productive work. Autistic people may face serious challenges in the work world because of their sensitivity to social justice, their lack of awareness of hierarchy.