tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7886008337314321845..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: On Passive Aggressive EmailsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42689719052114461372015-02-01T15:57:46.141-05:002015-02-01T15:57:46.141-05:00That sounds like more than a bit of a clusterf*ck....That sounds like more than a bit of a clusterf*ck. Sending good thoughts your way for survival. <br /><br />I do think there's a use for the forward and cc (or, more often, the add-a-cc), but it should always be used to draw someone -- usually someone at the same or a lower level, or where "level" is irrelevant -- into a conversation in which (s)he has an interest, or to which (s)Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45632599748483335932015-02-01T14:07:56.269-05:002015-02-01T14:07:56.269-05:00Wow. That's pretty crappy. And stupid. Really,...Wow. That's pretty crappy. And stupid. Really, really stupid. BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4254722092112858132015-02-01T13:12:09.803-05:002015-02-01T13:12:09.803-05:00The whole management here is terrible, and part of...The whole management here is terrible, and part of it is that they have assigned not one but FIVE people to make decisions. Technically there is a hierarchy, but there are three paths to the top dog and it is unclear who has the final word without those three paths. So good ideas might be had by Person A, but Person B thinks they can do it for cheaper, and Person C uses the remaining Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83713108740503007602015-01-31T20:37:05.769-05:002015-01-31T20:37:05.769-05:00One additional thought (and I realize this really ...One additional thought (and I realize this really is, as you point out, up to your bosses): while Passive Aggressive Emailer is definitely behaving badly, she's also in a pretty strange situation, employment-wise, which stems partly from the nature of academic labor, but also strikes me as bad management on your bosses' parts. If she's an incompetent teacher, she really needs to be Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84459512637478681532015-01-31T20:15:27.787-05:002015-01-31T20:15:27.787-05:00Yikes! Definitely bad behavior in all of the case...Yikes! Definitely bad behavior in all of the cases above, and in most cases I can think of. The only occasions I can think of on which I've forwarded emails (without cc), the emails were from students or parents who I thought might be contacting my chair (or a dean who would then contact my chair) next, and I wanted the chair to have some background (and, since, in the rare cases I've Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49131733277802248382015-01-31T17:15:56.457-05:002015-01-31T17:15:56.457-05:00It is an awful thing to do but people are always t...It is an awful thing to do but people are always trying to take down those above them in the hopes of getting higher positions in an organization. Zaykubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044382255858362987noreply@blogger.com