I don’t know if it’s age (late 30s) or being a mom now, but I feel my communication style is more direct and I have less patience in taking sht from people, at the risk of sounding slightly less like “the model employee.” Anyone relate?

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Not being rude of complainy, but just less like a positive robot pretending that everything’s fine 24/7 and allowing others to continue bad behavior. I call sht out more.

But also have mixed feelings about it and afraid bosses will think I’m too sensitive or something.

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Totally! I don’t have time or energy to not be direct!

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Oh I always had that “problem”… i consider it a gift though.

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Same! I used to try to soften literally anything I said, but since being a mom, Covid, and probably bc I’m older now, I surprise myself with how direct I can be. I think as long as we stay good listeners, people will appreciate the directness.

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100%. And why moms are the best employees

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Same

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