"Assume good faith" does not imply passive response. Also, an offer made in "good faith" is not always one you will consider fair.
Something as simple as, "seriously, this isn't even in the ballpark, Ron," seems a perfectly good response. Though if the wording of an offer crosses a line of personal offense, that's an actual treatment issue, which perhaps would benefit from a conversation...which would be a great use for Slack, BTW. Actually, either situation could possibly be improved by taking it to Slack.
"Assume good faith" in that sense says that you're willing to assume the other guy is making an error in evaluation rather than merely saying "hey, I want to totally screw Ted, so what's the best thing I can do to really piss him off."
Blah,blah, blah.
Ted wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:54 pm
RonCo wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2019 1:03 pm
Perhaps "assume" is off a bit. But one can still respond as if they've been so made.
Disagree with both statements. Assuming offers are coming in are in good faith when they are not is how you get screwed. It's not "a bit" off. it's flat out wrong. I'd love to operate in an environment where you can do that. This is not one. If you need proof, I can start posting PM's.
Responding as though these offers are fair does nothing to address the issue. It encourages bad behavior.
This statement is akin to saying "Assume people trying to mug you are not doing so." Okay, that's a bit off. But respond as though they are not trying to mug you.
It's completely wrong. It encourages mugging. I don't know why this is such a hard thing for people to wrap their minds around.