Timeline for How can I deal with a team member who dislikes making comments in code?
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| Sep 14, 2013 at 13:01 | comment | added | kojiro | @GordonM I actually take exception to the implication that what I said was threatening, but anyway, I fixed it. | |
| Sep 14, 2013 at 13:00 | history | edited | kojiro | CC BY-SA 3.0 | deleted 14 characters in body |
| Mar 3, 2013 at 8:46 | comment | added | GordonM | Not saying anything at all isn't a good idea obviously, but threatening people is just going to foster a climate of fear, especially over a relative minor thing such as commenting style. If you explain to him reasonably why the team considers commenting important that's fine. But I know if someone threatened me with the sack over something relatively minor I'd be more inclined to just start looking for another job instead. | |
| Mar 2, 2013 at 20:38 | comment | added | kojiro | @GordonM Do you think it would be better not to tell an employee when his behavior is inappropriate, and what the consequences of continued inappropriate behavior would be? | |
| Feb 17, 2013 at 11:50 | comment | added | GordonM | I don't think threats are necessarially going to be effective, they can come across as bullying (even if that wasn't the intent) and coders as a rule tend to be resentful of edicts from higher ups and in this case he may just dig his heels in even more. It may come to that as a last resort, but only as a last resort. | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 20:54 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Danny Tuppeny | ||
| Feb 5, 2013 at 13:27 | history | answered | kojiro | CC BY-SA 3.0 |