What an explosive defect is susceptibility!
Historian Max Gallo once said that
"one of our national characteristics is the extreme susceptibility to inequality."
If we transpose this observation to the open space, it is just as true: salary inequalities, material advantages, pace and quantity of each other's work ... The carpet of the open space may be thick or even creamy, we walk on eggshells.
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In psychology, susceptibility is a widely shared universal personality trait.
Some colleagues, barely touched, contract like oysters.
They do not accept the slightest criticism, whatever it is.
A very slight complaint about their work?
They won't talk to you for the day.
A joke on their new shirt or their spring haircut?
You won't hear them all week!
All occasions are good to take the fly.
The susceptible colleague is a sure bet in office life.
Moreover, he cheers her up more often than he makes her gloomy: when he is in good spirits, the person concerned himself recognizes this quirk that sticks to his skin since the playground!
There is, however, a more complex case: that of the manager who gets upset like a louse for nothing.
The less you offend him, the more your chances of winning a nice annual bonus increase ... But, in a team scammed by a susceptible boss, we no longer walk on eggshells but on embers!
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