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Originally Posted by seesaw
Well, I have definitely been there with older coworkers who don't have as much experience as I do, and when I answer a question, they ignore me and then someone else that they do respect gives the same answer, and they sort of look foolish for not listening to me.
If it's the same person or people doing it, I would simply stop answering questions for them, since they don't listen anyhow. If they are on the same level as you, it's not like you're required to provide them any kind of supervision.
I think it also depends on your confidence level when you answer these questions. It could be that they are responding to what might come off as lack of confidence in yourself versus something else. Not invalidating you here, but I know sometimes that people will ignore colleagues who provide answers if it's not done with some authority/confidence.
In the end, you can't really change people who act this way. If you're not their supervisor or manager, I would honestly just ignore them. If they want to listen to you and get the answer, great, if they want to be stupid until someone else gives them the answer, well, that's their choice. At least you are there on time and know what's mandatory and what's not.  |
Yeah I agree. Yeah we are all on the same level so yeah I know I'm not required. I do respond with confidence, although if it's through a group chat, that is harder to show, then again it's harder to show a lot of emotions when talking with someone through text or email, and not just work related. Yeah when I give an answer and they ignore, and then someone else replies with the same answer, they do look foolish in my opinion. You are right though, at least I know what's mandatory and what's not and I'm there on time. And yeah I've gotten to the point where I no longer respond.
Sometimes I do respond if it seems like they are really freaking out but that doesn't seem to work either a lot of cases so at this point, no matter what, I just won't respond. It's honestly their responsibility to read the emails and be able to figure out what's mandatory and what's not. That's not hard to figure out since it's always stated. The fact that they can't figure it out at times tells me that they don't really read the emails, which if that's the case then it's their own responsibility to do so.