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This might sound rediculous however it is a real problem. Our sales team works in central & open area-I'm recieving complaints from several departments that one team member's laughter is so loud &
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Disturbing Laughter
posted at 4/30/2009 8:31 AM EDT
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This might sound rediculous however it is a real problem. Our sales team works in central & open area-I'm recieving complaints from several departments that one team member's laughter is so loud & so often that others are distracted & find it hard to concentrate. It's not a matter of closing a office door it's that loud. I spoke with the department manager to determine the best approach only to find that his postion is not to say anything.Does anyone have an idea? |
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Disturbing Laughter
posted at 4/30/2009 9:03 AM EDT
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First: 1/29/2009 Last: 11/24/2009 |
If I were you, I would have a department meeting and explain to all of them that the laughter and "cutting up" is distracting to other employees. I would not pin point just this one individual. I'd make it clear that disciplinary action will be taken if the problem persists. |
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Disturbing Laughter
posted at 4/30/2009 10:57 AM EDT
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It's not your job to talk to the department manager's employees, it's the department manager's job to do this. If the department manager won't do this then there's absolutely nothing you can do about it. If other employees continue to complain about it you may reasonably refer them and their complaints to the department manager. |
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Disturbing Laughter
posted at 5/5/2009 6:25 AM EDT
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I agree with others that the department director has already made his position clear, thus you may refer future complaints to him.
Regarding the practice of holding a dept-wide (or group-wide) meeting in order to address *one* person's behavior - instead of addressing the concern with the one person: This is disrespectful to the other group members, especially if they all know it's not about them, but about the *one* person. Too often, the person with the problem behavior does not recognize himself as the person with the problem behavior. Then there are those group members who wonder/worry if it's about them, when it is not, creating unnecessary stress. This kind of strategy is not designed to protect the person with the problem behavior; it is designed to protect the person who shares the difficult information, i.e. the person's manager, from discomfort. Finally, if disciplinary action might result, at what point would you finally let him/her know that it's *his* behavior creating the problem? |
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