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#1
Jan 17, 2018, 12:46 PM
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I am a shy, quiet person at work because am not a talkative type.
Would managers consider quiet type as not proactive? My IT director talks nonstop. If I were him, I would loose my voice quickly |
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Jan 17, 2018, 01:02 PM
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I don't consider being quiet not being proactive. But to be proactive you need to speak up with your ideas and also take initiative to get things done. So it's not necessarily requiring you to be talkative or loud, but you need to be able to communicate when necessary and step up to the plate when necessary too. If being shy is keeping you from taking initiative, then yes, I would view you as not being proactive. But it's not necessarily because you are shy, it's because you are not stepping forward to do things.
Lots of people talk loudly and a lot and it doesn't make them proactive. The key is knowing when to speak, and if you are shy and quiet, being able to speak up when it's necessary. Seesaw
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Jan 18, 2018, 05:33 AM
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Nothing wrong with being shy and quiet, depending on your job. I can’t be shy and quiet, I’d be eaten alive at work. But there are plenty of jobs where you can just work on your task quietly and be shy yet get eveything accomplished. Depends on what is your job description
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Jan 19, 2018, 08:22 AM
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Yes it really just does depend on the type of job you have and the environment you work in. I'm surrounded by cubicle walls and can hide in my work if I wanted to and not say much at all for the majority of the day.
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Jan 19, 2018, 10:21 PM
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I agree about it depending on the type of work that you do. And work performance, quality of work, to me, displays proactive over whether someone is chatty or not.
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#6
Jan 20, 2018, 11:30 PM
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I don't think people should ever be criticized for character traits like this UNLESS it's affecting their work. Like you're a sales person but you're too shy to talk to customers...that kind of thing. But in that instance, maybe you're in the wrong line of work.
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#7
Jan 24, 2018, 09:47 PM
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I work at a discount furniture store. And I️ am very quiet. I️ think I️ come off as unfriendly and standoffish. I️ meet my quota so I️ try to just ignore my coworkers.
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