According to an article on the KTAR (92.7 Phoenix) website, some experts say bad language plays a role in about four out of every ten firings. Interesting. From my best recollection, my data shows that bad language has played a role in roughly like nine, nie and a half per ten of my firings.
Theresa Maher of Jobing.com also mentioned in the article that your choice of words can damage your chances of moving up the ladder at your job.That sounds right, although in my case, it was usually because when I talked, management got intimidated as fuck because they just realized the potential to replace them was in the room. Maher also warns that profanity could lead to worse than firing, possibly legal issues if the matter makes it to the human resources department. Sage advice, because you will be hard-pressed to find an HR department that wouldn't knot their panties over a ripe enough remark. Me, I was lucky enough to find a company (a company with an international presence and workforce) lazy enough not to care, since they were too lazy to attempt running the company competently. Then again, they have since went out of business, so that point's moot. In other words, if you are on the clock, watch your fucking mouth. If you are around the bosses, watch your fucking mouth, stupid. If you are self-employed, then know there will still, obviously, be situations where you should watch your fucking mouth. If that sounds too hard, then your dumbass better get used to the shitty end of the stick. Comments are closed.
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