Office English / Feedback

How do you give feedback at work without offending someone?

It can be quite difficult, especially if it's something negative that needs improving.

As long as you make it clear that what you're doing is in that person's interest, and to make the thing better, then it's OK. It can still be tricky, but it's OK.

You've got to still talk about the positives and kind of work collaboratively on helping each other to make this thing better.

In today's episode of Office English, we're talking about giving and receiving feedback at work.

Hello and welcome to Office English, your podcast guide to the world of work. I m Pippa.

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We heard from our BBC Learning English colleagues at the start of the programme about their experience giving feedback to people at work. What's feedback Phil?

It's when you comment on someone's work and it could be positive feedback to say that it's really good, or it could be negative feedback to say that it's not good enough.

Yeah, it can be quite difficult to give feedback to your colleagues at work, especially if you're not used to doing it. And it can also be tricky if you're the one getting the feedback too.