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Office English / Feedback

Episode 250512/ 12 May 2025
4.2(27,262 ratings)·38,827 students
Office English / Feedback

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Note: This is a transcript of a spoken conversation and is not a word-for-word script.

Pippa

How do you give feedback at work without offending someone?

Beth

It can be quite difficult, especially if it's something negative that needs improving.

Neil

As long as you make it clear that what you're doing is in that person's interest, and to make the thing better, then it's OK. It can still be tricky, but it's OK.

Beth

You've got to still talk about the positives and kind of work collaboratively on helping each other to make this thing better.

Phil

In today's episode of Office English, we're talking about giving and receiving feedback at work.

Pippa

Hello and welcome to Office English, your podcast guide to the world of work. I m Pippa.

Phil

And I'm Phil. Don't forget to visit our website to read along with this podcast and find all the language we discuss.

Pippa

We heard from our BBC Learning English colleagues at the start of the programme about their experience giving feedback to people at work. What's feedback Phil?

Phil

It's when you comment on someone's work and it could be positive feedback to say that it's really good, or it could be negative feedback to say that it's not good enough.

Pippa

Yeah, it can be quite difficult to give feedback to your colleagues at work, especially if you're not used to doing it. And it can also be tricky if you're the one getting the feedback too.

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