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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/ElMariachiLoco24 on 2024-09-30 17:45:05+00:00.

Hey everyone,

Pretty lengthy paragraph here but I appreciate all of you who take the time to read it.

Last week I was told to fill out a 10 page report regarding my unprofessional behaviour. Long story short, I do not think my behaviour was unprofessional and I am curious to hear your thoughts and how you would approach this situation.

I work as a BDR, so I make cold calls, lots of them. Essentially, my manager’s manager ordered all of us BDRs to read from a script, word by word. It sounds extremely unnatural and the person on the other end of the phone is gonna know I’m reading a script. (As a side note, my approach has always been just to talk to people on the phone like a regular human being and it works for me).

I told this manager via Slack: “I mean this with all due respect but reading the script will get me nowhere. I sound like a robot, its way too verbose. At the end of the day if you want me to read it I will”

1 hour after sending this message to her BOOM, HR comes in and hands me the report.

My manager was like “you can’t say with all due respect because it sounds bad”. Fine. A bit soft, but fine I understand. But the rest? Where did I insult/disrespect/be unprofessional?

I haven’t filled in the report yet, and not planning on doing it until I have a due date. This event rubbed me the wrong way so I am debating on whether I should suck it up and fill it out or turn into a nightmare for this company.

What would you do in this situation?

Im open to any and all feedback.

Thanks!