Is it offensive for a white male manager to call other men, "buddy" (especially his black subordinate)? What if I told you this was in Georgia?
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Bobby Bowden called everybody "buddy"....
It used to be fine until millennials started calling their superiors buddy
Did the snowflake inform their boss they did not appreciate being called buddy?
Friends are friends, pals are pals but buddies sleep together...
Need more deets. Does he work in a Black job?
I’m with ya. If you are not genuinely a friend of your boss, he should not be referring to you as “buddy.” I think it could fall under harassment, especially if the boss is purposefully not addressing you as requested. As far as black/white/racist, I’ve never made such an association but idk.
Probably a case where the guy asked the boss to call him by his name and he kept saying Buddy.
Yeah its condescending if you're not actually friends. IMO
FWIW I have never considered Buddy to have a negative association and I am in my 60s.
I find it nuts an HR guy would post this job story on a message board, guy.
It is unprofessional for sure. It would be interesting to find out if he referred to others by this, or just the minority person.
Buddy is actually a Southern small town colloquial name and is most certainly NOT a demeaning or racist term. Very commonly used to greet another man - “Hey Buddy how you doin’?
I would think a "boss" should be competent enough to call his subordinates by their name. I doubt that any disrespect was ever intended - but if you can't be bothered to use their name, that is disrespectful.
I disagree. I have many buddies and haven't slept with any of them. We have cuddled.
I’d need more context here. On its own, while I’ve never really referred to anyone as “buddy”, and wouldn’t consider it harassment on its face, I could potentially see it as an issue if it was prolonged, the employee had repeatedly asked them to stop, the manner/situations the manager keeps calling the employee buddy, etc.
If nothing else, definitely on the weird side of things imo.
Y’all ain’t never been to South Georgia and it shows.
Darn, I’ve tried so hard to hide my Midwestern roots 🤪
Over Buddy? That’s Rich. But apparently the guy in question couldn’t Hackett
Tell the black worker to his face he’s a jackass
And if he’s a Libbo like you he’s a guilt ridden soy boy obsessed by not offending anyone?
I was wondering the same thing. “Everybody else it’s ’hey Steve’ or ‘hey Christine’ but with me it’s always “whatcha working on, buddy?”
Context would help vs just trying to determine if the word buddy is discriminatory by itself.
Soy boy. Good one. That cuts deep.
Did you watch the Olympics? I heard the opening ceremony was entertaining! No sensitive types getting offended or anything like that.
