“Yep. She’s not cussing, fussing or anything. She sounds happy. Maybe “professional” means sounding miserable?”
No, “professional” means using standard English without vernacular or slang. It shouldn’t be difficult to understand that, and if it is, it is a red flag to any employer.
People who randomly lecture others about phone etiquette that isn’t even their own phone etiquette need different hobbies.
No, “professional” means using standard English without vernacular or slang. It shouldn’t be difficult to understand that, and if it is, it is a red flag to any employer.
Have you never been to the South?
I spent a total 15 years stationed in AR, MS, and AL while in the military. When I first got to each location, I couldn't understand anybody.
>No, “professional” means using standard English without vernacular or slang. It shouldn’t be difficult to understand that, and if it is, it is a red flag to any employer.
Did you go to view/listen? The profile pic of this person alone is a red flag if you’re looking for “professional” demeanor.
But really, the employer (Harris Teeter) is apparently a grocery store. Not IBM of the single dress code days and not even white collar millennial IT startup. Hourly grocery work. Horses for courses.
(FWIW my VM greeting is whatever the generic thing is. If someone actually wants to reach me by *talking*, just get it over with; cute messages went out with the days of rotary phones IMO).