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The new company I’m at now sent me an email from an email address that was HR@companyName.careers saying I was accepted for the position. They gave me paperwork to fill out and sign to accept the position
I fill out the paperwork and send it back to them and it goes through… then a few days later I go back to the email to say something else and I get this…?
Then today I got a check from the company In the mail to setup my home office, and it’s signed by someone I’ve never met before or heard of…?
What…..

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Chief
Welcome to the age of zoomers
Rising Star
I took some type of diversity training and we’re not supposed to say things like “slam dunk” and “take it into the end zone” because people come from different backgrounds and 1) sports analogies may not resonate with some people versus others, or 2) may come from a country where it’s not applicable. I.e., end zone is American football, so somebody from anywhere else may not know what that means.
Enthusiast
GT2 - spent 4 years out of the US and loved learning their expressions, still use them today. Can’t imagine my counterparts in Chennai are scolding their people to not use cricket terms. We have lost our way 🙄
Pro
No way that’s the reason you got reported
Pro
I wish. My manager laughed though.
They’re just mad you were trying to make them go to a meeting on a Friday 😂
Chief
Pew pew
Chief
Did your manager laugh at them?