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As a women, I use “you guys” interchangeably. Not that big a deal to me.
Thanks. I knew most women wouldn’t find it offensive either.
Slalom is highly focused on inclusivity - I worked there for a few years and it was always unacceptable to use “you guys”. I’ve also worked at Catholic health systems where the use of triggering and violent language such as “bullet points” or “shoot you an email” were not allowed.
Just points out how different organizational cultures are. My two cents - you call him out, there’s potential for bitterness between you two and you’re at a client so … unprofessional of him to call you out in a general audience but no need to reciprocate
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Female here. Not a big deal.
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Soft Af…. My word. Grow up
There are very few people who are bothered by the term “you guys,” but you can say I’m sorry you’re sensitive about this, you should probably stay out of NYC is this kind of thing bothers you. This does not even register on the questionable language spectrum.
I don’t think it’s necessarily just about women, but also, non-binary people. I think a lot of times we forget that someone can be non-binary but still fully present as feminine.
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My Cousin Vinny “the two Youts ova there”
I try to say all, team, everybody. Partially for formality and also for inclusivity. But speaking as a woman, it doesn't bother me personally because it is so commonplace and there isn't an obvious alternative.
I have asked a lot of people and never met anyone who said it bothered them.
It’s an initiative from the CEO who wants leaders to stop using the term. That started a few years ago. Some people care about it, some don’t.
It's probably best to use "You all" or "everyone". The English language is vast and has many gender-neutral terms that sound better than "You guys".
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I mean I hope you are saying like Joe Pessi, “Youzzz Guysss” **shakin your wrist while the pointer finger is touching the thumb”
I worked at Slalom for many years. It is pretty much common there.
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I haven’t heard anyone say something like that. I did however hear people say that at Deloitte…
Apprently not using "you guys" is part of some leadership training material that some orgs are using. My client a woman started saying "you guys" and stopped herself and apologized. Since I was the only other woman on the call besides her, I told her I use it all the time too and do not mind at all. She said that she didnt think anyone would mind but she just retured from some leadership trainign and one of thingst they trained them on is to not use "you guys".
Folks is the go to
I just use everyone/folks instead you guys, y’all and etc. Still got the habit of using “you guys” personally, but I try to not use it at work.
As someone who has worked with trans and non-binary people on my teams, I’ve phased out “you guys” (despite being raised in the Chicago burbs) because it bothered some of them. I use folks or y’all moreso as a courtesy now despite not being offended myself (F here).