So basically, I wasn’t successful after the work interview for an IT role, the dude on the phones tell me
“Tekkip you interviewed well and you have good technical knowledge but we think you’d be best with a bigger team with a better support network”
What is this bullshit? For the record, I’m deaf with hearing aids, this has gotta be grounds for discrimination surely?
Probably dodged a bullet anyway since there’s only 3 technicians and they’re putting a lot of responsibility for the shit payment they’re handing out.
Why? Do they seriously overlook merit because somebody can’t hear well or because they have autism?
Shit sandwich where you put a negative between two positive is a common bad communicatipn/management practice.
Another classic one is to not close the door to another application shall the hired candidate not meet expectations
If done well it’s called constructive feedback, not bad communication.
The problem is that many folks feel like it’s the only feedback tool in the toolbox, and the praises can seem less sincere over time, as some managers think they need to find something positive every single time. This can make it less efficient or sincere, so it’s good to have some variety.
What is bad about the shit sandwich as a communication technique?
I had a manager who made shit sandwiches daily.
Every time you heard, “Hey, good job out there…” You knew the “But” was coming, so it was impossible to get any positivity from the good part, because it just became an omen for impending criticism.
So, that’s not the fault of the shit sandwich per se, that’s the fault of a shitty manager that only talks to you when they have something bad to say. Someone that only employs sticks when the carrot-and-stick method is much smarter overall.
I won’t disagree with that. I was just pointing out how the Shit Sandwich can fail miserably.