People are willing to give Grace to the newbies, oh they're new so they can cry at a meeting, their new so they can make mistakes. But because somebody's passionate about what they do, if they don't use the proper wording that won't hurt their sensitive feelings they won't give grace to them? Sounds like a bunch of hypocrites to me.
"direct and professional" doesn't mean you have to be so harsh to someone. If you have a team, everyone is gonna be different. The tone and delivery of any criticism can feel as a reprimand even if they are not shouting or degrading you. That fact amplifies if the person is in a superior position like ml. Sure he may have complimented the idea at first but that was only one sentence. That was NOT compliment. That was backloaded praise/token praise whatever you wanna call it.
A small compliment followed by a shit ton of criticism. Plus the fact that he kept going even when she was about to cry and was not really concerned even if she cried but with mc he displays all the emotion perfectly. That means he does not lack empathy, he is just asshole enough to not care. and that was unprofessional of him.
"unprofessional crying"? really? man I don't know who is bigger unprofessional here? an employee who spent days coming up with the idea and presentation and cried cause the superior would not stop criticizing her work or the superior who SAW the employee tearing up but kept going.
It's the impact of the words not just accuracy.
Manipulate, guilting mc? expecting sympathy? what are you on? Jaewon got scolded too because of her so she was taking responsibility apologizing to him.
Remember I am not saying what ml said was wrong. All I am saying is there's a specific way of doing things. He could have told her the exact same thing in a nicer tone. And that would be professional too. At the end of the day it all falls down to how you conduct yourself. Remember there will always be good superiors/ supervisors/ teachers and bad of the same thing. I always had more likable teachers and superiors all because they were friendly and easier to talk to and not scary.
Being professional doesn't mean being factually correct, it's about how you communicate feedback, deliver your opinion, account your team's views, specially when you are in a leadership position. He may have delivered his criticism but in a professional setting, that causes demotivation to the teams. Now they are too scared to even bring forth their own creativity. Being direct and being considerate aren't mutually exclusive.
We already know several of the employee who worked with ml quit bc of him. We can already guess why. Even the mc does not like his behavior. Heck even he knows that that's why he asked mc to separate his professional / personal life. Lastly, even if he was not "technically" wrong in the meeting, he also did not handle it well.
Idk this comment is also sounding pretty over-sensitive to me lol
I just wrote a long freaking comment and it disappeared.
As someone who's worked in various corporate settings in management roles across multiple countries and continents, this is the perspective that's the most well-rounded and acknowledges the various aspects in this argument concerning the ML's professional behavior and its implications (poor cross-departmental communication and feedback in the form of harsh, public criticism leading to low team morale, disengagement and lack of trust) considering the position he holds and the respective responsibilities that come with it. Certain corporate environments feeding into and rewarding such behaviors don't negate them being inadequate and inappropriate when fostering fair work environments while still ensuring effectiveness, good performances and achieving set goals. The ML in particular is written with a glaringly obvious issue with accepting feedback and adapting his methods to avoid creating issues within teams, where he can't just rely on his individual skillset and achievement record. Disregard for how he impacts others is a failure and something to be corrected and developed for someone in his role.
The ML himself has said on multiple occasions how he views others through a transactions lens and cares only for achieving the goals that directly benefit him. He's just made a routine for himself consisting largely of "the ends justify the means".
The same issues follow him in his personal relationships, where he's still seen exerting pressure for his approach and POV to be accepted, without extending the same courtesy to the other party or seriously discussing their differences and how they affect them (i.e. constantly telling the MC said differences aren't that big of a deal and he should just be ok with them bc "I'm bying u ice cream and being oh so romantic")
I really don’t see how he was being rude; he was simply stating the facts from his perspective. He even stepped back and agreed once the MC contradicted him with reasonable rebuttals. In my opinion, she (The character) and anybody else (in the comment section) who took offense to what he had to say, are oversensitive. He didn't direct anger, degrade, dismiss, or yell at anyone, whether it be the person themselves or their idea.
His point was perfectly logical at the time, it doesn't make sense to use English for a campaign specifically targeting a Korean audience. While her initial idea to include English was a valid proposal, his reasons for contradicting it were equally justifiable. That kind of back-and-forth is just part of the job.
He never said that no one would read it if it was in English, he simply stated the fact that there was a large portion of people who would dismiss it because it was an English as they are in Korea. It's not like he only gave negative feedback, there are quite a few positive comments during the meeting as well.
It was also reasonable for him to ask why they would even think to do that because he can't read their mind he obviously doesn't have that mindset of putting English on a Korean campaign. And when the MC explained why they did that, he acknowledged it!
It was frustrating to see her react unprofessionally by crying and then apologizing to the MC. It felt like a tactic to gain sympathy or make the MC feel guilty. There was absolutely no reason to apologize as that whole process was part of their job description.
I also saw people commenting that their interns or something like that, let's dismiss the fact that they don't realize they don't have to apologize for doing their job because they are brand new. We can very easily let it go that she cried in an unprofessional manner because she is new to the field. That doesn't make what he said as being rude or mean. (╯°Д °)╯╧╧
Just like ML stated, they are being paid in a professional manner and need to be honest and direct. You can be honest and direct without being rude and just because somebody cries because they can't distinguish between the two differences doesn't inherently make that person rude or a mean individual. He even reiterated that he wasn't trying to pick a fight, he genuinely thought the idea wasn't good enough.
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