I totally agree with you regarding the value of feedback.
Someone may have spent several hours (or days) writing a grant proposal, and the proposal judges/funders may have spent a couple of hours reading it, but they can’t spend five minutes writing an explanation of why it’s turned down?
I’m also confused by this. I’m guessing it’s more about the discomfort around giving negative feedback, than it is about time?
I’m verry much in favour of acknowledging the cost associated with the energy drain of dealing with negative emotions. There are lots of things around the emotional cost of applications that could be improved, if we agreed that this is worth caring about.
Clarification (because based on past experience this seems to be necessary): I don’t think the feelings of fellow EA is the only thing that matters, or even the top priority or anything like that. What I do think is that we are losing both valuable people and productivity (who could have contributed to the mission) because we ignore that personal emotions is a thing that exists.
I totally agree with you regarding the value of feedback.
I’m also confused by this. I’m guessing it’s more about the discomfort around giving negative feedback, than it is about time?
I’m verry much in favour of acknowledging the cost associated with the energy drain of dealing with negative emotions. There are lots of things around the emotional cost of applications that could be improved, if we agreed that this is worth caring about.
Clarification (because based on past experience this seems to be necessary): I don’t think the feelings of fellow EA is the only thing that matters, or even the top priority or anything like that. What I do think is that we are losing both valuable people and productivity (who could have contributed to the mission) because we ignore that personal emotions is a thing that exists.