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Maybe your employee does have more difficulty understanding than the average person, but this is such a bullshit excuse.
Everyone communicates differently. What is obvious to someone may not be obvious to others. Some people need a little more precision in the instructions you give to them. I don't see why it would be unreasonable to provide that.
I'm reminded of an interaction with my supervisor the other day...
Me: Hello. This case has . Am I ok to proceed with or does it need to be corrected first?
Supervisor: Have figure it out.
has literally thousands of employees so I have no idea why she said it like that.
Me: Uhh...do you want me to ask ?
Supervisor: No, have them figure it out.
Me: Who is them?
Supervisor: .
For context, usually asks us if they are ok to proceed, not the other way around.
Me: I don't think they will know the answer. Who should I have them ask?
Supervisor:
Me: ?????
Supervisor: Have them ask
Me: Ok.
In this whole interaction, she was getting increasingly rude and irate with me for not being able to read her mind. If she would have just said she wanted to figure it out, she could have just told me to begin with instead of getting huffy and curt with me and unnecessarily prolonging the interaction.
Here's another example...
Supervisor: Hey, do you want me to move X out of the way somewhere?
Me: Nah, I don't mind it being there!
Supervisor: I don't want X there.
Me: , I am not a mind reader. If you want something, you have to tell me.
Sometimes what is obvious in your brain is not obvious to those around you.
I don’t think your supervisor is mis-communicating, I think they just don’t know what they want. But they want you to still choose correctly even though there is no correct answer. It’s like when my husband asks what I want for dinner and I tell him “I don’t know, you pick”, there’s definitely a right and wrong answer for his decision but I don’t know it until he chooses it! Yes I know how messed up that is. Anywho, god speed to you