{"id":635,"date":"2012-08-01T08:07:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T12:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/?p=635"},"modified":"2014-06-09T08:01:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T12:01:16","slug":"four-letter-words-do-reflect-values","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/2012\/08\/01\/four-letter-words-do-reflect-values\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Letter Words do Reflect Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new CareerBuilder survey, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>64% of employers said that they\u2019d think less of an employee who repeatedly uses curse words, and 57% would be less likely to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mouth.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2840\" src=\"http:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/mouth.jpg\" alt=\"mouth\" width=\"713\" height=\"1025\" \/><\/a>promote that person.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Does your office culture promote naughty words?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Many businesses with a relaxed internal culture tend to become a breeding ground for foul words. Business need to nip the naughty in order to make sure this culture doesn\u2019t slip into your customer service.<br \/>\nPaying attention to the way you speak to your staff and asking that they refrain from foul language in the workplace is a good way to start.\u00a0\u00a0 When a relaxed business atmosphere condones foul language, outsiders will believe this is reflective of the company&#8217;s core values.\u00a0 In the long run, this can limit customers, vendors and potential employees. What we say, does matter.<\/p>\n<p>Think about the CareerBuilder survey mentioned earlier in the terms of 64% of customers said they would think less of your business. Would that change your mind about letting curse words go?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a new CareerBuilder survey, 64% of employers said that they\u2019d think less of an employee who repeatedly uses curse words, and 57% would be less likely to promote that person. Does your office culture promote naughty words? Many businesses with a relaxed internal culture tend to become a breeding ground for foul words. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,17,18,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-management","category-customer-service-culture","category-employee-management","category-personal-improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2842,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/2842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.changinglanes.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}