Timeline for What to do when a new employee makes basic spelling and grammar mistakes?
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| Oct 27, 2016 at 20:57 | comment | added | HLGEM | If it is a work requirement that she improve her spelling and grammar, it is important enough that the training time is during work hours. To expect her to train outside of work hours for a work specific requirement is wrong. Outside of work hour education is for people who want to be able to perform some other job or get promoted. To do your current job, any required training (especially remedial training) should be done during work hours and paid for by the company. Note that lunch and learns are a particularly bad way to do this, lunch is personal time. | |
| Oct 27, 2016 at 8:14 | vote | accept | Terry | ||
| Oct 27, 2016 at 7:56 | comment | added | komodosp | @keshlam Spill chuckers don't always help - e.g. "witch" is a correctly spelt word, as or itch of "they're" / "their" / "there" so they won't bee cot. | |
| Jan 24, 2016 at 22:08 | comment | added | dyesdyes | They are called word crimes: youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc | |
| Jan 24, 2016 at 18:56 | comment | added | cst1992 | @Deepak Ooh, that's gotta bite. | |
| Jan 24, 2016 at 9:25 | comment | added | Deepak | I'm not sure if the employee's errors here are due to carelessness or a genuinely poor command of the English language, but we had someone in our office whose problem was the latter. She was responsible for corresponding with some fairly senior people in the organisation. In one case, she had to send an email requesting someone to sign off again on a document (that they'd previously signed) because of an amendment. In her email she wrote: "See attached. I want you to resign." This story is totally true and pure gold. :) | |
| Jan 24, 2016 at 5:40 | history | protected | Jane S | ||
| Jan 23, 2016 at 20:20 | answer | added | Gray Sheep | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 18:17 | answer | added | candied_orange | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 11:46 | comment | added | o.m. | My manager once told our team not to proof-read internal mails for spelling or grammar, that's no efficient use of our time. Does she think so, too? | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 1:55 | answer | added | Steve Jessop | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 23, 2016 at 1:36 | comment | added | Steve Jessop | @DrewJordan: people who can't spell "which"... | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 23:19 | comment | added | keshlam | Tilt hem too uze spillchuckers. Knot a perforated solute, butt canned hertz. | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 20:09 | answer | added | jamesh | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 17:22 | comment | added | Terry | @ren It doesn't look good if a customer gets a form that says something like "Chester Draws". | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 17:20 | comment | added | Tim B | @ren Because it looks unprofessional for anyone who sees it. | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 16:01 | comment | added | C_B | could dyslexia play a role? | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 15:27 | comment | added | user_1818839 | @DrewJordan JK Rowling for one... | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 15:05 | comment | added | DrewJordan | wait, who uses the word 'witch' at work? | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 14:56 | comment | added | evilcandybag | How does this impact productivity in the workplace? This would have bearing on how (if at all) to deal with this situation. | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 14:19 | comment | added | ren | I don't understand why bother as long as the meaning is clear and she does her job well? | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 14:19 | answer | added | arclight | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 11:58 | comment | added | Jane S | Just a reminder to everyone to remember our Be Nice policy and keep it professional and polite. | |
| Jan 22, 2016 at 10:33 | history | edited | Dawny33 |
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| Jan 22, 2016 at 6:53 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/690426997340766209 | ||
| S Jan 21, 2016 at 20:25 | history | suggested | Nzall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
fixed a possible typo (their/there), fixed slight grammar issues.
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| Jan 21, 2016 at 20:19 | answer | added | user8365 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 21, 2016 at 20:02 | answer | added | coteyr | timeline score: 22 | |
| Jan 21, 2016 at 16:59 | answer | added | ventsyv | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 21, 2016 at 16:26 | answer | added | Socrates | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 21, 2016 at 13:49 | history | edited | Dawny33 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 21, 2016 at 13:36 | answer | added | Lilienthal♦ | timeline score: 63 | |
| Jan 21, 2016 at 13:16 | answer | added | Dawny33 | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 21, 2016 at 13:15 | history | edited | Terry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 21, 2016 at 13:09 | history | asked | Terry | CC BY-SA 3.0 |