So my MD replied to an email I sent (only to me) and made a joke… would it be reasonably appropriate to sent a funny response back? I get along really well with him and joke in the office, but that’s all off the record
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no, be a robot. your MD shouldn’t like you. instead report them to HR for not being professional at all times, jokes are unacceptable and any emotion other than misery in the office is out of place
😂aight ima cook then
In all seriousness I was asking this question more so because HR checks emails sometimes and having this paper trail could not be very good even tho it’s just a joke
COVID really stunted an entire cohort socially and intellectually.
Truthfully, Gen Alpha will almost undoubtedly be worse as they are entirely digital products
I think you forget how foreign and unnatural the professional world is to kids fresh out of college
Really at this point I respond to anything with a “you got it”
Congrats on return offer
He will appreciate the joke
Make a Gen Z appropriate response to him -- ex. call him a boomer, complain there's no union in IB, talk about how finance is causing climate change, correct him about your proper pronouns, etc
You'll be remembered, that's for sure
I think I got my IB offer solely because I laughed at my MDs jokes and made jokes back during the interview. He liked that I had balls.
Juniors that develop the closest relationship with seniors are joking with them all the time.
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