Message #27912

[countrigal]

The way I look at it is like this... would you want to be working with a manager who breaks down and cries over the slightest hiccup in the work flow?  Or cries when it gets stressful?  Would you put this type of person where they'd be dealing with possibly irate customers?  This is not the type of action that makes one feel good and confident in that person's abilities.  Management has to be looking at her and wondering what type of job they have that would work for her, that would keep her from crying -- and I don't see a management or move up the ladder in the works for that.  Everyone knows that things get more stressful the closer to the top you get (I mean, the closer you get to the sun, the hotter it will get), and if she's not one to handle stress without tears on an ongoing basis, then she wouldn't be suited for that type of position.  

Like someone else said... we're all human and as such we've all had our own emotional upheaval (be that tears or anger or whatever non-professional form it took), but to do it continuously has to definitely be a negative in the eyes of everyone around.  Hopefully your co-worker will get the help she needs to better control her emotions, and what a friend you are to seek comments from this site.  Maybe a suggestion made here will help her.

CountriGal
Deskdemon Editorial Board Member