When a team member communicates with you in a passive-aggressive way, how do you handle it?

When a team member communicates with you in a passive-aggressive way, how do you handle it?

Our reader poll today asks: When a team member communicates with you in a passive-aggressive way, how do you handle it?

I ignore it – they probably didn’t mean to come across that way – 18%I seek clarification – I point out how their message came across poorly – 51%I directly confront them and explain why their message was inappropriate – 25%I’ve never had someone be passive aggressive with me – 6%

Passive aggression is still aggression.

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Published on November 27, 2025 10:00
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