Being assertive IS important in your career. Your colleagues are the unprofessional ones here. I would not tolerate someone sending me “lol” in a professional context and would quickly correct that behaviour.
A factual reply is all thats needed “you asked for a solution, this is the solution. Please do not be dismissive or rude. If you want an alternative please look for yourself, just expect the cost to be significantly higher. Otherwise I’m happy to discuss any concerns which are easily addressed such as branding”.
There is a huge difference between being rude and beibg assertive. They’re clearly being rude. You need to be assertive in response.
In this case, it’s a different team reaching out to me for advice.
So zero, and they potentially would have used Anubis, but given the URL and mascot, I doubt it.
There is a corporate friendly way to handle this discussion. Here, I’ll even write it for you:
“Hi [Team],
Thanks for reaching out again about this issue.
I have made two previous attempts to provide guidance on this matter, but my recommendation was dismissed without appropriate consideration due to first-impression aesthetics of a product that is provided for free by a small team of dedicated nerds.
I attempted to explain that a corporate-friendly paid version exists but never got that far in our conversation due to your team’s outright dismissal of the product I know to be both effective and appropriate for your use case.
Due to these circumstances, and your team’s apparent priorities, I recommend you pursue an expensive contract with CloudFlare.
If you change your mind and would like to revisit this matter, I’m happy to set up a meeting to present the details.
See here’s the thing - the mascot and URL are serving their purpose to deter the software author’s outsiders. They don’t want your business, it is a social signal being sent and the reception from your coworker? - did it’s job.
It is WILD that someone from another team asks for help and replies with “lol” to simias your response. You need to corrext that behaviour or they will treat you like shit going forward.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 5 hours ago
Great career move, run around telling people to grow up.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Being assertive IS important in your career. Your colleagues are the unprofessional ones here. I would not tolerate someone sending me “lol” in a professional context and would quickly correct that behaviour.
A factual reply is all thats needed “you asked for a solution, this is the solution. Please do not be dismissive or rude. If you want an alternative please look for yourself, just expect the cost to be significantly higher. Otherwise I’m happy to discuss any concerns which are easily addressed such as branding”.
There is a huge difference between being rude and beibg assertive. They’re clearly being rude. You need to be assertive in response.
wheez@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
I think the “lol” is reference to the top level domain being .lol
sealhaslupus@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
depends on what kind of relationship you have with your colleagues.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 5 hours ago
In this case, it’s a different team reaching out to me for advice. So zero, and they potentially would have used Anubis, but given the URL and mascot, I doubt it.
neatchee@piefed.social 4 hours ago
There is a corporate friendly way to handle this discussion. Here, I’ll even write it for you:
“Hi [Team],
Thanks for reaching out again about this issue.
I have made two previous attempts to provide guidance on this matter, but my recommendation was dismissed without appropriate consideration due to first-impression aesthetics of a product that is provided for free by a small team of dedicated nerds.
I attempted to explain that a corporate-friendly paid version exists but never got that far in our conversation due to your team’s outright dismissal of the product I know to be both effective and appropriate for your use case.
Due to these circumstances, and your team’s apparent priorities, I recommend you pursue an expensive contract with CloudFlare.
If you change your mind and would like to revisit this matter, I’m happy to set up a meeting to present the details.
Best of luck,
-Ek-Hou-VanBraai
mote@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
See here’s the thing - the mascot and URL are serving their purpose to deter the software author’s outsiders. They don’t want your business, it is a social signal being sent and the reception from your coworker? - did it’s job.
BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
It is WILD that someone from another team asks for help and replies with “lol” to simias your response. You need to corrext that behaviour or they will treat you like shit going forward.