{"id":9691,"date":"2021-11-15T18:10:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T10:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/?p=9691"},"modified":"2021-11-15T18:10:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T10:10:14","slug":"heart-icon-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmartlocal.com\/vietnam\/heart-icon-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers Penalized For Not Reacting With “Heart” Icons To Dean’s Group Chat Messages, File Complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dean penalizes teachers for not reacting to her messages with \u201chearts\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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When it comes to replying to emails or texts, many make a point of responding as fast as we can to let the sender know that they\u2019ve received their messages. In more casual group chats, we can simply send emojis to acknowledge messages – after all, a lack of responsiveness from the receivers can make a sender feel disrespected.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s what happened to a dean at a high school in Ho Chi Minh City, who was infuriated when her teachers didn\u2019t respond to her group chat messages in the way that she wanted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of simply reproaching them, she penalized them by <\/span>giving them demerit points<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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Dean gets offended because teachers didn\u2019t respond with \u201cheart\u201d icons<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\nImage credit: <\/span><\/em>Gi\u00e1o D\u1ee5c<\/span><\/em>
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Recently, a group of teachers at V\u0129nh L\u1ed9c High School in B\u00ecnh T\u00e2n, Ho Chi Minh City filed a complaint against their dean.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to them, their dean had a habit of penalizing teachers who wouldn\u2019t <\/span>react to her messages in a Zalo group chat with \u201cheart\u201d icons. <\/b>Teachers who didn\u2019t send acknowledgements via such icons would receive demerit points in their performance measurement, <\/span>VTC<\/span><\/a><\/em> reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine carrying out your work duties faithfully but still getting demerit points because you don\u2019t engage with your dean promptly with \u201cheart\u201d icons.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teachers who disapproved of this engagement-boosting method spoke up against it, but the dean reportedly just ignored them all.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A while ago, a teacher tested positive for Covid-19 and family members had also been infected. Therefore, she had to concentrate on her medical treatment and couldn\u2019t proactively participate in the school\u2019s chat group to keep herself posted on what had been going on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, she failed to send 25 \u201cheart\u201d icons to 25 messages from the dean, and therefore received 25 demerit points for her work performance.<\/span><\/p>\n

This reaction-driven KPI framework was seen as unprecedented and absurd in the eyes of the teachers, who felt pressured and harassed by their management.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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They filed a complaint against the dean<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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\n<\/span>Image credit: <\/span><\/em>Lao \u0110\u1ed9ng<\/span><\/em>
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Angered by the toxic work culture created by their dean, a group of teachers filed a complaint against her earlier this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

In response to their allegations, the Ho Chi Minh City Agency of Education asked the dean to reset the school\u2019s current KPI framework to evaluate employees\u2019 performances in line with the city\u2019s regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five months have passed since this requirement came out, but the dean has yet to comply with it, according to <\/span>VTC<\/span><\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, local education authorities have received more complaints from teachers at V\u0129nh L\u1ed9c High School regarding the conduct of their dean.<\/span><\/p>\n

We have checked the website of V\u0129nh L\u1ed9c High School for further details on this story, but it was not accessible at the time of writing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t be afraid to speak up against unfair treatment in workplace<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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While it’s important to ensure a professional workplace by enforcing proper etiquette, the dean in this story went over the top with her management method. By imposing requirements that had nothing to do with improving education quality but instead stressing her employees out, she turned her school into a hostile work environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

This story also reminds us of the importance of unity in a professional environment. By speaking up collectively against what is not right, the teachers at V\u0129nh L\u1ed9c High School helped bring the issue to light and now have a better chance of effecting positive changes at their workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

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