“People will work for a living, but they die for recognition.”

This statement is a crucial thing to keep in mind when working with someone. However, if you come across an uncivil person, if you have to work with them, then what would you do?

It is one of the biggest challenges, and 70% of the employees compromise due to fear of the unknown. Let’s get to know how to deal with them.

What is incivility?

Incivility is the behaviour of being rude to others. If a person is uncivil, they won’t value the work done by others as if anyone else can do that. They undervalue a person and never appreciate the work done by others.

The cost of incivility is also high. It costs a person emotionally as well as financially.

For example: if you are working with an uncivil person, you spend a lot of energy as the other person won’t appreciate your work. Finally, you will feel dissatisfied emotionally as well. Your efficiency also will drop due to the same as you can’t do more.

What if Your Friend is Uncivil?

Sometimes, you might have committed with a friend to work together. However, if the other person can’t appreciate your work and if you have to work as a team, whatever you do, you have to struggle a lot to get the results that you anticipate.

The other person need not directly disrespect the work you do. You can understand from their reactions and how they do what they do. I have experienced this when working with a friend. He always speaks high regarding the possibilities. But, in the end, he is not accountable for his words. He also mentions if not this, we can crack better deals. And the other ones are so better than this. What to say if he responds that way? In the end, even if you do all the work, there will be very little to no result. The second one happened in my case.

You can understand what happens if you work with such people. What to do in that case? Change the priorities and become self-dependent, and you will start attracting the right people who will help you reach your goal.

What if Your Client is Uncivil?

I recently had an encounter with an uncivil client who says doing something is simple. — But wants me to do that. On mentioning, I don’t know how to do that, (even though I know) he, told that anyone could do that in the office, how can’t you do that as you are a techy guy?

After I mentioned that my friends could do that, but at a cost, he said, “why to spend money on that small thing?”

He also hasn’t even paid attention to the work I did but finally told me to make edits as well. These are some incidents, and there are many such if I were to mention all.

Till I was working with him, I was restless and always felt discomfort. I wasn’t even able to give my best as he is not paying attention to the work. But the moment I got rid of him, I felt relief.

After I decided to not work with them, one more beautiful person who is the right fit for my mindset came into an acquaintance. And we may start our assignment tomorrow.

Want to look at what inspired me to write this post? Watch the video below

Final Thoughts

Only when you start moving out of the places where you aren’t valued you will fall into positions where you will have the perfect value. I even took myself out of the equation if the value isn’t served at home as well. Then finally, I created an identity for myself and am at peace with all situations.

How do you deal with uncivil persons at work? Let me know by commenting below. I read every comment and respond.