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Had to rewrite an entire press release after a VP gave me 5 minutes of feedback in the hallway
I was at our company's all-hands in Chicago last month when a VP cornered me by the coffee station and casually mentioned the release had 'the wrong tone' for our investor audience, so I spent the whole night reworking it with zero context - has anyone else had to deal with last-minute feedback from people who don't actually write for a living?
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willow67213h ago
Maybe next time I'll just hand the VP a marker and tell them the whiteboard's all theirs, lol. Nothing like a crash course in mind-reading to round out a work trip.
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Gotta push back a little here, lol. That VP gave you their real feedback on the spot, which is way better than getting it three days later in a formal email with no context. They trusted you enough to be honest in a hallway, not a boardroom. You had the chance to ask clarifying questions right there, too, like "what tone would work better?" or "can you point me to an example?" I get that it sucks reworking stuff last minute, but hallway feedback is gold compared to getting ghosted on revisions for a week.
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