A to Z Am I the Jerk 30 | Am I the jerk for giving one employee a raise and not the other?

Check out The Jack & 'Chill Podcast here! http://atozenglishpodcast.com/episodes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jack-chill-podcast/id1709902691 https://redcircle.com/shows/the-jack-and-chill-podcast You are a manager at your workplace, and you have two employees, Alice and Bob, who work on the same team. Alice is a very dedicated and hardworking employee, and she consistently goes above and beyond to meet deadlines and deliver exceptional results. Bob, on the other hand, has been struggling with his performance and frequently misses deadlines. One day, Bob comes to you and asks for a raise, citing his financial difficulties and the need to support his family. He feels that he deserves a raise because he's been with the company for a long time, even though his performance hasn't been up to par. You know that Alice has been doing an excellent job and deserves a raise as well. You only have the budget to give one raise at this time. You decide to give the raise to Alice because of her exceptional performance, but you don't inform Bob about her performance being the primary reason for your decision. Bob finds out about Alice's raise and feels very upset and unfairly treated. He confronts you and accuses you of being unfair and playing favorites. He argues that he's been loyal to the company for years, and Alice has only been with the company for a short time. So, the question is: Are you the jerk in this situation for giving the raise to Alice and not fully explaining your decision to Bob? 00:00:00 Jack You're listening to the A-Z English podcast. 00:00:13 Jack Welcome to the A-Z English podcast. My name is Jack and I am here with three of my good friends, agnieska, Leila and Salimah. 00:00:23 Jack And today we are going to do an MI, the jerk episode, and these are my favorites. I love doing these and let me read the situation to you guys 1st and then one by one I'll ask what your opinion is about the situation. 00:00:39 Jack So you are a manager at your workplace and you have two employees, Alice and Bob, who work on the same team. 00:00:48 Jack Alice is a very dedicated and hardworking employee, and she consistently goes above and beyond to meet deadlines and deliver exceptional results. Bob's, on the other hand, has been struggling with his performance and frequently misses deadlines. 00:01:08 Jack One day, Bob comes to you and asks for a raise, citing his financial difficulties and the need to support his family. He feels that he deserves a raise because he's been with the company for a long time, even though his performance hasn't been. 00:01:28 Jack Up to par. 00:01:30 Jack You know Alice has been doing an excellent job and deserves a raise as well. You only have the budget to give one raise at this time. You decide to give the raise to Alice because of her exceptional performance, but you don't inform Bob about her performance. 00:01:51 Jack Being the primary reason for your decision. 00:01:55 Jack Bob finds out about Alice's raise and feels very upset and unfairly treated. He confronts you and accuses. 00:02:04 Jack You of being. 00:02:04 Jack Unfair and playing favorites, he argues that he's been loyal to the company for years, and Alice has only been with the company. 00:02:15 Jack For a short time. So the question is, are you the jerk in this situation for giving the raise to Alice and not fully explaining your decision to Bob? 00:02:27 Jack And we'll start with Agnieszka first, what do you think is the manager the jerk? 00:02:34 Agnieszka Uh, for me? Yes, because he's creating, you know, this tension between cowork workers. I know he he did. He did the right thing because I think Alice is the one that deserve this. 00:02:54 Agnieszka But I think the best it was talk with Bob and tell him the the truth that he decided to. 00:03:03 Agnieszka For these reasons, and This is why he didn't get the raise. So it's better because when you have this environment in work, it's very difficult. Everybody's have a com