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Text messages and emojis can lead to misunderstandings sometimes and a girl recently got fired after replying her boss with an emoji.
An employee from China was fired after replying her manager with an OK emoji on WeChat when the manager ask her to send over some meeting documents.
The manager wasn’t okay with her response and said, “you should use text to reply to the message if you haven’t received it. Don’t you know the rules? Is this your acknowledgement of receipt?”
The employee was then told to contact the human resource department and sort out her resignation.
“This is a real case, the resignation is still processing,” the employee said. “I have worked for many years and this is my first encounter with this kind of stupid situation. I am good-tempered therefore I didn't retaliate.”
She said that her manager later sent out an announcement in the group and demanded that his employees reply with “Roger” to messages.
It is apparently a sign of “poor discipline” when employees fail to reply with text messages to their managers.
The screenshot of the chat went viral with 280 million views on Weibo and included comments like “any reasons are valid if your boss wants to fire you”; “To be honest, I would not reply to his message” and “I think a good leader should be able to accept different people’s communication styles and characteristics.”
What would you have done in this situation? Send this to your friend that always comments with an OK emoji!
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