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Poor Communication in The Workplace

Poor communication in the workplace can have long-term, crippling effects, as shown by signs like lack of specificity, using wrong mediums, passive aggression, lack of follow through, blaming, and not listening. For example, when RadioShack laid off 400 employees by email notification instead of in-person meetings, it faced backlash as the employees felt dehumanized by the impersonal medium.

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Poor Communication in The Workplace

Poor communication in the workplace can have long-term, crippling effects, as shown by signs like lack of specificity, using wrong mediums, passive aggression, lack of follow through, blaming, and not listening. For example, when RadioShack laid off 400 employees by email notification instead of in-person meetings, it faced backlash as the employees felt dehumanized by the impersonal medium.

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Poor Communication in the Workplace

Communication drives workplace success. Although the detriments of


poorly communicating with others may not be apparent in the short term, it
has a crippling effect on the workplace in the long term. Here are some
signs of bad communication:

 Lack of specific communication


 Using the incorrect mediums to convey important messages
 Passive-aggressive communication
 Lack of follow-through and consideration
 Blaming and intimidating others
 Failing to listen

An example of poor communication would be the RadioShack layoff


notices in 2006. The electronics chain laid off 400 employees by notifying
employees by email. The company faced significant backlash following the
move, with many surprised that it used email instead of face-to-face
meetings.

Bad communication by Radioshack resulted from using the incorrect


medium of communicating with its employees. The company’s employees
felt dehumanized and subsequently resented the company.

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