At no stage of our lives do any of us enjoy being disciplined. We hated it when it happened with our parents, and even more when teachers called us out. But as adults, we hate it even more when we get called for a disciplinary talk, especially at work. It’s awkward, it’s unpleasant, and it makes any adult fear for their livelihood.
Sometimes, you might find yourself being disciplined for something you didn’t even do. As kids, it happened all the time, when our parents blamed us for things our siblings did, for example. And just as when we were kids, when we were accused of something false, we must set the record straight. We must refuse to be accused of something we are not at fault for.
The employee in the story below was called for a disciplinary talk with HR and their manager for missing a mandatory meeting at work. But when the employee claimed they were never even invited to that meeting in the first place, it became clear that the employee really couldn’t have known about the meeting, and that it was all HR’s fault.
