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Direct Feedback

In this clip, two Black women commiserate over how they often notice that their coworkers tend not to come to them directly with any feedback and instead go to their supervisors. They both share how frustrating this method of receiving feedback is because it interrupts direct communication between coworkers and doesn’t allow for open dialogue in the workplace. one of the women describes how she can’t get hands around the exact problem if people don’t come to her directly because the information is constantly filtered through her supervisor and she remains on the outside of the dialogue.

I feel like people don’t come directly to me if they have concerns.