[Mick]

What he really did was issue an apology that someone else wrote for him, likely because his employer made him in order to keep his job.

I once instructed an employee of mine (Kate) to apologize to one of her peers (Ravi) for a reprehensible decision that Kate made, said decision of which Kate clearly felt was not all that reprehensible.  So Kate began her apology thusly "Mick told me that he wants me to apologize to you..."

That's somehow more honest than the commonplace "I'm sorry *if*..."

Yeah, she wasn't sorry at all.  I read her the riot act, for sure.  I ended up departing that law firm.  It had a number of oddball employment policies that plagued senior management.  Great, great marketing program, terrific marketers and a superb strategy.  They're a very large boutique, and their marketing program usually makes it into the top five marketing programs as assessed by a Law360 survey of AmLaw 200 CMOs.

I just checked LinkedIn, she's still there, and in the same position (marketing manager).  All of her half-dozen peers now hold CXO, Senior Director and Director positions except one.  Can't say that it surprises me at all.

[Mick]

What he really did was issue an apology that someone else wrote for him, likely because his employer made him in order to keep his job.

I once instructed an employee of mine (Kate) to apologize to one of her peers (Ravi) for a reprehensible decision that Kate made, said decision of which Kate clearly felt was not all that reprehensible.  So Kate began her apology thusly "Mick told me that he wants me to apologize to you..."

That's somehow more honest than the commonplace "I'm sorry *if*..."

Yeah, she wasn't sorry at all.  I read her the riot act, for sure.  I ended up departing that law firm.  It had a number of oddball employment policies that plagued senior management.  Great, great marketing program, terrific marketers and a superb strategy.  They're a very large boutique, and their marketing program usually makes it into the top five marketing programs as assessed by a Law360 survey of AmLaw 200 CMOs.

I just checked LinkedIn, she's still there, and in the same position (marketing manager).  All of her half-dozen peers now hold CXO, Senior Director and Director positions except one.  Can't say that it surprises me at all.